Match the words in column a with their meanings in column b: Column a
1) remedial
2) recuperative
3) fragile
4) flamboyant
5) biodiversity
6) apparel
7) cruise
8) demographic
9) insurmountably
10) shirk

column b
1)something that breaks easily
2) pertaining to the study of population
3) that which cannot be overcome
4) a trip on a ship or boat taken for pleasure
5) wide variety of plant and animal species.
6) clothes
7) helping someone to get better after an illness.
8) avoid
9) correcting something that has been done wrong
10) loud and flashy.

1  9

2  7

3  1

4  10

5  5

6  6

7  4

8  2

9  3

10  8

Explanation:

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.