Quiz - Am Lit Vocab List 1

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Their marriage was an acrimonious and unhappy one, with infidelity on both sides. Monica dedicated her life to prayers for the salvation of her family, especially her disreputable and licentious son. There is no more excellent training in the virtue of patience than being stuck in traffic. The filmmaker documented the friction between rainforest colonizers and indigenous groups in Nicaragua. Freshly eliminated from the playoffs, the Little Leaguers sobbed and sniffled their way home, assuaged only by ice cream sundaes. The vacant, condemned building became emblematic of the city’s descent into bankruptcy and despair. He described mundane scenes from his everyday life, such as shopping for eggs or buying air conditioner filters. She thought she’d be jumping up and down with excitement about her promotion, but instead she felt trepidation. The Paleo diet is based on the premise that if the cave men didn’t eat it, you shouldn’t either. The temperance movement was America’s first public health campaign.