Academic Vocabulary: SPEECH TEST

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