SAT Vocab Lessons 1-3

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Across
  1. 3. a speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel contained in a single syllable
  2. 7. the basic or essential feature of something
  3. 9. presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous
  4. 10. a peculiarity of behavior; mannerism
  5. 13. A name or title that distinguishes or identifies
  6. 15. an object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury
  7. 16. the ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence
  8. 18. the condition of being without a stop or interruption
  9. 20. one of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life
  10. 21. a dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional form of speech
  11. 23. to begin; originate; cause to being
  12. 24. last; coming at the end
  13. 25. a set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell
  14. 26. central or crucial to something; very important
  15. 27. a wild or unpredictable notion or action; odd fancy
  16. 28. something that follows, continuation
  17. 29. the ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck
Down
  1. 1. a person for whom something is or is thought to be named
  2. 2. one subject to the authority of another
  3. 4. only superficially relevant or related
  4. 5. a particular manner or kind of speech
  5. 6. the study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes
  6. 8. consisting of many groups speaking different languages, or a person who knows many languages
  7. 11. the belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means
  8. 12. spoken by or using the language by the common people rather than the literary people; vernacular
  9. 14. resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate
  10. 17. to bring to an end; conclude
  11. 18. characterized by or subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle
  12. 19. a newly made-up word, phrase, or expression
  13. 22. to approach the same point from different directions