Academic Vocabulary: SPEECH TEST
Across
- 3. assume complete possession or control of
- 5. the loss of unity; act of breaking apart or decomposing
- 6. laziness
- 7. dividing group members into competing sides that refuse to compromise
- 10. outside one's direct field of vision and hearing
- 12. a sequence of events
- 14. susceptible; having little resistance to; open to attack or damage
- 15. digression (the act of turning aside from the main subject of attention)
- 16. an insufficiently grounded judgment in favor of or against someone or something
- 17. excess in eating or drinking
- 18. to assail persistently; attack violently with blows or words
- 19. excessive desire for wealth or gain; greediness
Down
- 1. a person or group on whom one tries out an idea
- 2. following in sequence, following in a chronological order
- 3. a neutral person to whom discussion participants can turn when disagreements threaten to get out of control
- 4. having little or no interest; showing little or no emotion
- 7. to repeat in one's own words
- 8. the existing conditions or the way things are
- 9. the mind's ability to hold onto experience
- 11. asked merely for effect, and thus not requiring an answer
- 13. ideas, facts, or allegations spread to further or oppose a cause