ELA II WoW Review

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Across
  1. 7. an insidious situation involves something __ that person knows s/he shouldn't do
  2. 9. a formal, sometimes lengthy, opinion on a topic
  3. 10. When Zephyr let her grandpa have the last piece of cake, she was show __ toward him
  4. 14. to shorten a work, such as a novel or speech
  5. 17. a mystery or mysterious situation or person
  6. 18. walking on loose gravel is precarious because the ground lacks __
  7. 19. crude or coarse in nature
  8. 21. the Batman character whose name is a pun for "enigma"
  9. 23. when you experience something through another means, you do so __
  10. 25. a topic that is understood by a few people would be __
  11. 27. situation that requires a difficult decision to be made
  12. 28. a ribald-speaking person uses __ language
Down
  1. 1. sounding educated and well-researched, but really has little meaning
  2. 2. a person described as "venerable" has earned the __ of others
  3. 3. hard or difficult over a long period of time
  4. 4. showing complexity in observation, discussion
  5. 5. A religious holy day is __ and should be honored through reverent behavior
  6. 6. to fix something
  7. 8. extremely talkative
  8. 11. how an over-used topic is presented in a nuanced way: as a __ __
  9. 12. trite, overused, lacking creativity
  10. 13. Anders wanted to make prank phone calls but Freya said that __ act at 3 a.m. was unwise
  11. 15. well-known for something negative, esp. criminal
  12. 16. if something is secular, it is __
  13. 20. dangerous, hazardous, risky
  14. 22. a puzzlement or a dilemma
  15. 24. a verbose essay or speech is __
  16. 26. a __ is a type of banal figurative language