SAT vocab crossword

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Across
  1. 2. directly opposed or contrasted
  2. 5. to drink/consume
  3. 7. the appointment of family members to positions without regard to their qualifications
  4. 12. an unacceptable or unwelcome person
  5. 13. a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill
  6. 15. wanting or devouring great quantities of something
  7. 16. the appointment of friends to positions of authority without regard to their qualities
  8. 17. when people are chosen because of their ability, not because they're family and friends are in power
  9. 19. to take possession of something
  10. 20. excessively harsh/cruel
  11. 21. in a loud or forceful manner
Down
  1. 1. a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage
  2. 3. the vocabulary of a person
  3. 4. a song for the dead typically sang at funerals
  4. 6. the most perfect or typical example of a quality
  5. 8. deceitful and untrustworthy
  6. 9. sweet or musical
  7. 10. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
  8. 11. to kneel, lie, or crawl on the ground in order to obtain somebody's forgiveness
  9. 14. the assignment of degrees of urgency to illnesses to decide the order of treatment
  10. 18. evoking a keen sense of sadness (a person doesn't feel this)