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rural (RUR il) adj. 1. not urban or suburban; of the countryside; 2. living in the
country; 3. having to do with farming
• Rural America is where you’ll find the cows grazing.
• Grant Wood’s American Gothic depicts an imaginary, typical, rural couple
(who have no relation to a real one).
• A plow and a tractor are necessities of rural living.
[-ly adv.] [Syn. bucolic, pastoral, rustic]

QUICK REVIEW #74
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. reverence a. idealized
2. revulsion b. bucolic

3. rhetoric c. honor
4. ridicule d. phony eloquence
5. rite e. taunt
6. romantic f. aversion
7. ruffian g. tough guy
8. rural h. ceremony