Semester One Vocab
Across
- 4. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
- 5. having or showing great knowledge or learning.
- 7. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
- 9. excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
- 11. (of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.
- 14. characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
- 15. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
- 19. not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
- 23. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
- 25. experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
- 26. revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
- 28. a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.
- 31. (of something bad) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
- 32. deceitfulness; double-dealing.
Down
- 1. (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
- 2. hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
- 3. an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.
- 6. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
- 7. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
- 8. a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
- 10. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- 11. involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
- 12. a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
- 13. fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect).
- 16. having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
- 17. inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
- 18. offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- 20. easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
- 21. express disapproval of.
- 22. (of an amount) small or meager.
- 24. not certain or fixed; provisional.
- 27. a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
- 29. something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
- 30. warn or reprimand someone firmly.