GCSE Key Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint; wealthy/privileged.
  2. 6. A preference or special liking for something.
  3. 8. Showing luminous colours that seem to change from different angles.
  4. 9. Truthful, straightforward, and frank.
  5. 11. Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
  6. 14. Hostile, aggressive, or combative.
  7. 16. Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen.
  8. 18. To make something less severe or to ease pain/problems.
  9. 19. Logical, consistent, and clear.
Down
  1. 1. Self-contradictory, useful for analysing complex characters.
  2. 2. make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
  3. 4. Showing anger at unfair treatment.
  4. 5. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas.
  5. 7. Flashing, sparkling, or brilliant.
  6. 10. To express an idea fluently and coherently.
  7. 12. To serve as a perfect example of something.
  8. 13. To reject, refuse to accept, or deny the truth of.
  9. 15. The ability to understand and share the feelings of others.
  10. 17. Most noticeable, significant, or important.
  11. 20. Shaking or quivering slightly.