End of Year Vocab
Across
- 2. a preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
- 4. to cut short; abbreviate
- 5. a musical composition for the Mass of someone deceased
- 6. to come together usually for an official or public purpose
- 9. to postpone or cancel
- 15. to set right, correct
- 17. to accuse and charge of wrongdoing
- 18. a measure of motion
- 20. relating to local spoken language, informal writing, conversation
- 22. obvious
- 23. insincere speech full of platitudes or meaningless sweet sounding expressions
- 25. to unite one system or whole; combine
- 30. considerable importance of degree (amount)
- 31. a clever, often underhand scheme to achieve an objective
- 32. to cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride
- 33. unprejudiced, not biased
- 35. a wok presenting its subject matter factually, often with news, films, interviews, and narration
- 40. speculative, based on theory not fact
- 41. to persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery
- 42. one that is a part of another (like little companies within big companies)
- 45. forceful or intent in expression, emotion, or conviction
- 46. one chosen to judge or decide a disputed issue
- 47. lacking resources or the means for survival
- 48. to express sympathy or sorrow
- 50. the first public appearance of a person or a thing
Down
- 1. a violation or infraction, as of a law or a promise
- 2. to sit or stand with your legs straddled (on either side of)
- 3. a loud racket, a din, very loud noise
- 7. a place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion
- 8. a window sash that opens outwards by means of hinges
- 10. a condition in which all acting influences are canceled by others, resulting in a stable, balanced, or unchanging system
- 11. resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change
- 12. to prohibit or forbid
- 13. so subtle, slight, or gradual as to be barely noticed
- 14. to lay down as a condition of an agreement; to specify or arrange in an agreement
- 16. extremely angry; furious
- 19. lacking conscious awareness, lacking all memory
- 21. to vary irregularly
- 24. a resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official
- 26. deserving of praise, wonder, admiration
- 27. a general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses
- 28. to feel or express great, often malicious pleasure or self-satisfaction
- 29. sadness or depression of the spirits
- 34. a man who rules a family, clan, or tribe
- 36. the clients of a professional practice considered as a group/a body of customers or patrons
- 37. a written declaration made under oath before an authorized official
- 38. to ruin through clumsiness
- 39. the act of closing or state of being closed
- 43. an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism
- 44. a long-time close friend or companion
- 49. something handed down from an ancestor or predecessor or from the pasat