Spring Semester Vocab
Across
- 2. designed to start fires or conflict
- 6. travel across or through
- 8. secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
- 10. lacking originality or flair
- 12. lacking brilliance or vitality; dull
- 16. remove blame or suspicion
- 19. a small flow
- 20. able to be touched or felt
- 21. to make of no use
- 25. moral corruption
- 29. to cover completely
- 32. a person falsely claiming to have special talents or skills
- 34. placing too much emphasis on minor or unimportant details
- 36. to reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on
- 38. extremely unpleasant
- 43. having a long or flexible quality
- 44. a defensive wall
- 46. emotionally uninvolved
- 47. something that kills pain
- 48. persuade by flattery
- 51. to break a rule or boundary
- 52. relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
- 54. to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager
- 55. something indicating the approach of something or someone
- 56. artificially sweet
- 58. acting or done quickly and without thought or care
- 59. showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper
- 61. a large or excessive amount of (something)
- 62. showing a lack of thought or intelligence
- 63. seeming reasonable or probable
- 64. to strengthen by heating and then cooling
Down
- 1. spoken or done without preparation
- 3. nonsense
- 4. (adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
- 5. not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
- 7. insubstantial; in need of strengthening
- 9. in a ridiculous manner
- 11. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
- 13. completely lacking in subtlety
- 14. make less severe, serious, or painful
- 15. to drink heartily
- 17. to be unwilling to accept an idea or request
- 18. (adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
- 22. extremely angry
- 23. slightly rude in speech or manner
- 24. able to endure hardship without showing pain or complaining
- 26. carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
- 27. all future generations
- 28. brave and adventurous
- 30. a complicated network of winding passages; a maze
- 31. someone who appreciates good food and drink
- 33. (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
- 35. to support
- 37. showing great wealth and luxury
- 39. rude; insensitive
- 40. a noisy disturbance
- 41. support or prop up
- 42. pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
- 45. deserving censure or condemnation
- 49. too thin, as in suffering from hunger or illness
- 50. to express one's deep grief
- 51. the state of being slow, long, or dull
- 53. smelling extremely unpleasant
- 57. to gradually decline or waste away
- 60. to make more pointed