vocab
Across
- 1. - without any reduction in intensity or strength
- 5. lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly"
- 6. lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
- 7. -infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).: "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" "they must control the impulses that lead them to transgress".
- 9. unchanging over time or unable to be changed.:
- 10. -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied"
- 14. public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned"
- 15. tending to be different or develop in different directions.: "divergent interpretations" "varieties of English can remain astonishingly divergent from one another".
- 18. piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark which they made on it.
- 19. referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- 20. -the quality of being impudent; impertinence.: "his arrogance and impudence had offended many"
Down
- 2. - a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
- 3. (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.: "the authorities allocated 50,000 places to refugees" "he has been allocated a generous slice of the annual budget".
- 4. to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
- 8. exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.: "the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings" "protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity".
- 11. (of a person's legs) curved so as to be wide apart at the knees.: "she had bent, slightly bandy legs".
- 12. the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.: "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry" "a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers".
- 13. a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.: "owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich".
- 16. regard with disgust and hatred.: "professional tax preparers abhor a flat tax because it would dry up their business"
- 17. devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.: "she didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention" "the devious wiles of the politicians".