ELA Vocabulary Regents Review # 5
Across
- 1. an act or expression of citicism and censure
- 3. lasting a veery short time
- 5. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
- 8. to stand for or represent
- 9. given a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or characte
- 10. guided by experience and observation rather than theory
- 11. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
- 12. a specific proportion, share, or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period
- 14. to compete intensely with
- 15. marked by harshly abusive criticism
- 16. to prevent a plan from being accomplished
- 17. very strict, inflexible, and difficult to change
- 18. the general movement, development, or pattern that something takes
Down
- 2. criminal offense of making false statements under oath
- 4. to labor or work very hard for a long period of time; labor
- 5. not eager
- 6. to build up houses, cities, etc. in the countryside; to change a place into a town-like area.
- 7. extremely interested in and excited about something that you believe in, and behaving in a way that shows thisscathing
- 8. very firm in opinion or loyalty
- 13. a behavior that disobeys, disrespects, or goes against