Lexicon Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. capacity for producing a desired result or effect
  2. 4. moved to or showing sudden annoyance
  3. 7. counsel, advice, or caution
  4. 10. the quality of being generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness; high-minded; noble
  5. 13. the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group; unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish
  6. 15. the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred; the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God
  7. 17. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness
  8. 21. a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains. (southwest U.S.)
  9. 26. used to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words
  10. 28. watchful; being on one’s guard against danger
  11. 31. exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength; a valiant or daring deed
  12. 34. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
  13. 35. serving to indicate or point out
  14. 36. to give way to superior force; yield
  15. 37. a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
  16. 38. the quality of being frivolous; ineffectiveness; uselessness
  17. 39. to spread from person to person
  18. 40. tending to overcome the distrust or hostility
  19. 41. to make easier or less difficult
  20. 42. the act of spreading widely
  21. 46. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
  22. 47. Construction- the voice which shows through in a piece from the author
  23. 48. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
Down
  1. 1. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece
  2. 3. the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
  3. 5. directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
  4. 6. absorbed in thought; meditative.
  5. 8. to arrange in proper order; set out in an orderly manner; arrange clearly
  6. 9. distrusting or disparaging the motives of othersDigressive- departing from the main subject
  7. 11. Official approval; commendation or sanction
  8. 12. proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition.
  9. 14. the quality or state of being distant, or reserved
  10. 16. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
  11. 18. high ranking
  12. 19. to scold; rebuke
  13. 20. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation
  14. 22. a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
  15. 23. intended for instruction; instructive; teaching a moral lesson
  16. 24. a simple past tense and past participle of work; elaborated; embellished
  17. 25. a chief.
  18. 27. not returned or reciprocated
  19. 29. a philosophical movement or system having various forms, but generally stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential criterion in determining meaning, truth, or value
  20. 30. Play- an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.
  21. 32. gloomy, depressing, or dismal
  22. 33. to ascertain the number of
  23. 43. calm, peaceful
  24. 44. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
  25. 45. a poem in such distichs or verses.
  26. 47. to analyze in terms of grammar