English 9 Summative Review
Across
- 2. verb or noun, meaning to bind or the thing that binds
- 5. Antonyms: energetic; vivacious
- 7. servile self-seeking flatterer
- 8. Antonyms: barren; cynical
- 10. Antonyms: recent; contemporary
- 12. “In both cases the line is never quite obedient. One has to nudge, ------------” (Berger, “Past Present”).
- 13. "Heaven is going to use your master to ring the ----------" (Analects 713).
- 14. exhibiting foresight and caution
- 16. Synonyms: appalling; dreadful
- 17. to understand deeply
- 21. One of three qualities of the divine, meaning all knowing
- 22. etymologically refers to an educator, but now means someone who shows off learning
- 24. traditionally, a type of prayer; more recently, a list or series
- 25. something that is understood by a small number of people
- 28. literally, to skin; figuratively, to criticize harshly
- 29. to grow prolifically
- 30. In the context of the Daodejing, a reference to the "ten thousand things"
- 32. transcending known reality
- 33. strong urge to travel
- 34. etymologically related to a delicious Greek food that spins on a spool
- 37. Synonyms: disgraceful; dishonorable
- 39. “so depthless-deep and ---------- and dim that stare as I might into its frightful pit” (Inferno 944)
Down
- 1. truly
- 3. One of three qualities of the divine, meaning all powerful
- 4. Antonyms: malevolence; unkindness
- 6. Etymologically linked to one of the rivers of the afterlife, meaning murky or dark
- 9. to bring someone before a court for a trial
- 11. Antonyms: sturdy; well-built
- 12. Synonyms: mollifying; pacifying
- 15. temporary stay
- 18. “The seed sown among thorns is the man who hears the word, and concern for the world and ---------- of riches stifle the word, and bears no fruit” (Matthew 757).
- 19. moving backward
- 20. An Aramaic personification of wealth or affluence
- 23. A mythological sea creature from Jewish mythology, or any large and powerful entity
- 26. Synonyms: beggarly; impoverished
- 27. shares a name with a figure from Greek myth, meaning desire (for wealth)
- 31. etymologically means "all the demons"
- 35. Synonyms: hermit; loner
- 36. Synonym: repugnant; loathsome
- 38. As a verb, to annoy; as a noun, an annoying plant