English 9 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
  2. 6. Slightly sarcastic in a humorous way; clever with a bit of irony
  3. 7. Annoyed or worried
  4. 9. Speaker or author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
  5. 14. Very confident and daring, perhaps recklessly so; Original and bold; Contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
  6. 15. Optimistic and cheerful
  7. 16. Rude or impolite; showing disregard for people
  8. 17. Not interesting or exciting; dull or boring
  9. 20. Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
  10. 22. Questioning the basic sincerity and goodness of people
  11. 23. Characterized by strong feelings of what is right and what is wrong; can be narrow sense of morality (comes off as judgmental)
  12. 26. Painfully affecting the feelings; emotionally cutting piercing, touching; Designed to make an impression
  13. 28. Having or showing a lack of respect for something or someone that is usually treated with respect; satiric
  14. 29. An unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside
Down
  1. 1. Scornful, feeling or belief that something or someone is worthless or despicable
  2. 2. Full of sorrow or sadness; sad in an exaggerated or insincere manner
  3. 3. Unimaginative and dull; Narrowly or stodgily (very old-fashioned) or often very ostentatiously learned
  4. 5. With fearful apprehension
  5. 6. Odd, strange, fantastic; fun
  6. 8. Expressing feelings of gratitude, approval, or pleasure in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
  7. 10. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
  8. 11. Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
  9. 12. Offensive in speech or gesture
  10. 13. Displaying knowledge or wealth that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy
  11. 18. Marked by usage of words that mean the opposite of what you really think/feel in order to be funny or deceptive/manipulative
  12. 19. Learned, polished, scholarly
  13. 21. Directly frank without hesitation (frank = open, honest, candid)
  14. 24. Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
  15. 25. Mournful; marked by regret
  16. 27. Intense use of sarcasm; stinging or biting