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English exam semeste
english matching
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| copasetic | wonderful |
| joe | coffee |
| pich | arrest |
| speak easy | secret place to drink |
| beef | problem with someone |
| earful | enough |
| john | toilet |
| pushover | easilhy convinced |
| spiffy | elegant |
| beeswax | bussiness |
| flapper | stylish dress |
| kisser | mouth |
| razz | to make fun of, hard time |
| tomato | female |
| caper | robbery illegal activity |
| jalopy | old car |
| pill | unlikeable person |
| sap | fool |
| upchuck | vommit |
| permeate | Spread throughout something |
| Derogatory | Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude |
| Tentativee | Not certain or fixed |
| Earnest | resulting from or showing sincere and intense sonviction |
| Reprehensible | open to criticism |
| adament | refusing to be persuaded or to change ones mind |
| contorted | twist or bend out of its normal shape |
| incoherent | expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way |
| nebulous | Confusion |
| Pantomime | Dramatic entertainment |
| Eccentric | Unconventional and slightly strange |
| surmise | suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it |
| obstinate | stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or chosen course of action |
| bursque | abrupty or off hand in speech or manner |
| elusive | difficult to find or define |
| sporadic | occurring at irregular intervals or only at a few places |
| reciprocal | given,felt,or done in return |
| apathetic | showing or feeling no interest |
| what was the prevailing mood in the years preceding the war 1 | overwhelming sense of optimism |
| tragic event in ww1 turned america twds allies | a german submarine sank a rusitania and the pride of the british merchants fleet more than 1200 people died including 128 americans |
| what purpose was snared by modernist writers | to capture the essence of modern life |
| three qualities favored by imigist | clear expressed conrete images and language |
| two qriters best known as expatriates | F.scott fitzgerald,and ernest hemmingway |
| stream of concious techniquenpioneered by writers in this era | series of thoughts memories and insighys connected only by characteristics |
| two american writers that one nobel prive | Sinclair lewis, and John steinbech |
| Harlem Renaissance | Burst of creativity by black writers and authors |
| How much of the world uses slang | One-fifth |
| why do people use slang | adds spice and try to fit in witht he crowd. |
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