C1.1 Unit 1 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. communicate or make something known to someone
  2. 7. Your vocabulary ______ considerably when you read on a regular basis.
  3. 9. the mental processes involved in acquiring, processing, and using knowledge
  4. 10. For most communities and most cultures, the majority of cultural information is passed along ______.
  5. 12. collocation (synonym) with secluded, remote, solitary, detached, and lonely
  6. 14. synonym of conveyed, disseminated, spread, transferred, and passed on
  7. 16. There's so _____ more to sign language than just hand signs.
  8. 17. It's _____ my capacity for empathy as well as my ability to recognize and interpret body language.
  9. 18. the abbreviation of the sign language used in the United States
Down
  1. 1. to sharpen, refine, or improve something, often skills
  2. 3. Being able to sign has _______ my life in countless other ways.
  3. 4. There is no such thing as a ________ sign language.
  4. 5. a language at risk of falling out of use, as its speakers gradually shift to using another language, often a more dominant one
  5. 6. the study of language
  6. 8. collocation (synonym) with grant, state-supported
  7. 11. the ability to speak, understand, and use two languages fluently
  8. 13. to encourage the development or growth of something
  9. 15. Promotion is a ______ incentive to broaden your skill set.