American Lit Final Exam Vocab Study - 20 Words / Ten on the Final

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Across
  1. 3. disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious
  2. 6. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
  3. 8. showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful
  4. 9. of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive
  5. 11. pale, pallid; lacking color; showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness
  6. 12. leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
  7. 15. disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
  8. 18. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer a decision
  9. 19. showy; gaudy; alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry
Down
  1. 1. careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous
  2. 2. an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
  3. 4. belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; past maturity or middle life
  4. 5. characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial very limited or narrow in scope or outlook
  5. 7. ominously significant or indicative of something about to happen,especially something momentous
  6. 10. affecting or moving one’s emotions
  7. 13. swollen; distended; tumid; inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic
  8. 14. fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial; friendly; agreeable
  9. 16. rules for or patterns of the formation of grammatical sentences in a language; their order; system of orderly arrangement
  10. 17. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking; OR having a shrill, irritating quality or character