Full American Renaissance Literature Notecard set

Question 1

Prevalent

Answer 1

Generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD

Question 2

Discord

Answer 2

Lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)

Question 3

Treacherous

Answer 3

Likely to betray trust : UNRELIABLE
Providing insecure footing or support

Question 4

Extort

Answer 4

To obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power

Question 5

Ostentation

Answer 5

Excessive display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy

Question 6

Parsimony

Answer 6

The quality of being careful with money or resources

Question 7

Toil

Answer 7

Long strenuous fatiguing labor

Question 8

Sexton

Answer 8

A church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)

Question 9

Forge

Answer 9

A furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought

Question 10

Tenant

Answer 10

One who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
One who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right

Question 11

Importune

Answer 11

To press or urge with troublesome persistence, to request or beg for urgently

Question 12

Nonconformist

Answer 12

A person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action

Question 13

Perpetual

Answer 13

Holding something (such as an office) for life or for an unlimited time

Question 14

Conviction

Answer 14

1. The act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law or
2. A strong persuasion or belief

Question 15

Aversion

Answer 15

A feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it

Question 16

Absolve

Answer 16

To set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt

Question 17

Dilapidated

Answer 17

Decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse

Question 18

Sublime

Answer 18

To elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor

Question 19

Superfluous

Answer 19

Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : EXTRA

Question 20

Magnanimity

Answer 20

The quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity

Question 21

Precluded

Answer 21

Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness

Question 22

Impunity

Answer 22

Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

Question 23

Retribution

Answer 23

The dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter

Question 24

Immolation

Answer 24

Something that is killed or destroyed by fire

Question 25

Imposture

Answer 25

The act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name

Question 26

Accosted

Answer 26

To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way

Question 27

Gait

Answer 27

1.A manner of walking or moving on foot. 2. A sequence of foot movements (such as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward. 3. A manner or rate of movement or progress

Question 28

Lore

Answer 28

A particular body of knowledge or tradition

Question 29

Beguiling

Answer 29

Agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing

Question 30

Decorum

Answer 30

1. Literary and dramatic propriety: FITNESS 2. Propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance

Question 31

Eloquence

Answer 31

Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness

Question 32

Blight

Answer 32

Something that impairs or destroys

Question 33

Shroud

Answer 33

Something that covers, screens, or guards: such as

Question 34

Venerable

Answer 34

Calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments

Question 35

Mirth

Answer 35

Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughtera

Question 36

Surmised

Answer 36

A thought or idea based on scanty evidence : CONJECTURE

Question 37

Interposed

Answer 37

To place in an intervening position

Question 38

Affliction

Answer 38

A cause of persistent pain or distress

Question 39

Ample

Answer 39

Generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity

Question 40

Syntax

Answer 40

A connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements