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| 7294386957 | antithesis | a direct opposite, a contrast Dee is the _______ of Maggie in terms of what they are representing in the Womanist movement | 0 | |
| 7294389923 | ascend | to move upward, to rise from a lower station Momma originally thought that Dee was ________ to greatness, but her pride was her downfall | 1 | |
| 7294397175 | austere | strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic No one around Montag seems very _______ about keeping to a strict time schedule for their work. | 2 | |
| 7298850777 | autonomous | independent, self-contained The situation calls for Montag to be __________ for there is no one that seems willing to help him. | 3 | |
| 7298852389 | banal | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed While Dee seems to be dynamic and constantly learning new things in school, Momma must find Maggie ________ since she doesn't seem to have any dynamic. | 4 | |
| 7298855325 | benign | not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial We learn that Dee isn't so ______ when the text had us imply that Dee set the house on fire. | 5 | |
| 7298856051 | capricious | changing suddenly, fickle Guy Montag's perception of Clarisse is very _________ because he doesn't quite know what to think about the deep ideas she presents to him. | 6 | |
| 7298859493 | dawdle | to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner Everyone seems to _______ with their parlors in Guy's world. | 7 | |
| 7298860755 | defamation | act of harming or ruining another's reputation Beatty attempts to __________ Guy by exposing what he did in front of the whole city in order to shut down his new passion of books. | 8 | |
| 7298861644 | esoteric | understood only by a small group or a select few The importance of books seems _________ in Montag's society since no one seems to pay them any attention. | 9 | |
| 7298862635 | exacerbate | to aggravate, to irritate, to vex Dee insisting Momma give her the ancestral quilts seemed to __________ Maggie. | 10 | |
| 7298863519 | extol | to praise, to glorify No one seems to ______ Maggie for anything; does anyone ever notice her accomplishments? | 11 | |
| 7298865504 | fastidious | reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme When she visits home, Dee seems to be more ________ towards sticking to her "roots" ; going as far as to even changing her name to sound more "cultural." | 12 | |
| 7298868541 | furtive | secret in an underhanded way, stealthy Dee's character is very obvious, as opposed to Maggie's character who seems to be more ________ of her characteristics. | 13 | |
| 7298871128 | gregarious | sociable and outgoing Dee is the most ______ of the family. | 14 | |
| 7298871412 | hypocrite | one who is insincere or deceitful Beatty is a _______ when he acts like Montag's friend, when deep down he was trying to interrogate him in order to burn his house down. | 15 | |
| 7298873628 | innate | existing from birth, inborn Alison Townsend uses our ______ heartbeat as a stylistic element in order to reinforce her theme of the heart. | 16 | |
| 7298877939 | lethargic | sluggish, languid Since there is no need for high productivity, the people around Guy seem very _________. | 17 | |
| 7298879356 | melancholy | depression of spirits The reader may feel __________ when the reader learns that Clarisse was killed by car accident. | 18 | |
| 7298880723 | opaque | not allowing a passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand "Life in the Alley" intertwines two moments making it very __________ and confusing. | 19 | |
| 7298882269 | prolific | abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity Dee seems to make ______ progress in her relationship with society. | 20 | |
| 7298883322 | reprove | to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent Beatty took many chances to passively _______ Montag for his love of books. | 21 | |
| 7298887486 | symmetry | balanced proportions The characters of Dee and Maggie gives the story a great ________ between the two extremes of Womanism. | 22 | |
| 7298889257 | tranquil | peaceful, calm Maggie seems very __________ on the outside when Dee demands the quilts, but on the inside she despises the idea of it. | 23 | |
| 7298890038 | venerate | to honor, to revere Guy was only __________ as a firefighter, never as something more. | 24 |
