Unit 1: Lesson 1 Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a way of accomplishing a desired aim or task
- 5. to make known : divulge : to show plainly : display
- 8. behaving or occurring in a way that is expected
- 11. to look for and find the position of
- 12. relating to, or characteristic of the present or the recent past : contemporary
- 14. to welcome with applause, great praise, or approval
- 15. to provide evidence for
- 16. to reach or extend across
- 17. a holding back of one's feelings, actions, or behavior
- 19. a history of a person's life
- 24. used to form the past tense of regular weak verbs
- 25. to make one's opinions, feelings, or abilities known
- 26. idea, the most important point (or points) an author is trying to make about the topic
Down
- 1. to introduce something new
- 2. to go away or go away from
- 3. to try to obtain or accomplish : seek
- 6. using or involving careful judgment
- 7. a small part or feature
- 9. a subject for a work of literature, art, or music
- 10. total honesty and sincerity
- 13. extremely interesting or charming
- 16. suffix used to form the plural of most nouns
- 18. to cause to have a particular thought or feeling
- 20. a keeping from injury, loss, or decay
- 21. add it to the end of a verb to show that something is going on, has been going on, or will be happening. It can also be used to turn a verb into a “gerund” – this is a verb that can also be used as a noun. It can also be used to turn verbs into adjectives or participles.
- 22. someone or something that represents a threat : danger
- 23. suffix added to a word to make it mean one that does a specified thing