Vocab Quiz
Across
- 2. : of or relating to the brain or the intellect
- 6. Deserving censure or contempt; wretched.
- 8. Being a usually artificcal and inferior substitute or imitaton.
- 9. (Despotic) a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways
- 10. Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
- 11. decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin espically through neglect or misuse
- 13. sudden unconsciousness or incapcity caused by bleeding into an organ (ususally the brain) or a stroke.
- 14. Having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations.
- 17. Plural of INDEX: a list arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum such as a list of items or bibliographical analysis of groups.
- 19. : to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
- 20. Earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ.
- 21. To place or lay over or above something
- 25. a set of materials or equipment designed for a particular use
- 26. An oppressive, harsh, or unjust act
- 27. in a rough or blunt way; abruptly
- 28. of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols
Down
- 1. To remain in or hang around an area for no obvious purpose, or to linger aimlessly.
- 3. The young of an animal or a family of young.
- 4. Very slow to move or act.
- 5. the largest subdivision of the diencephalon that consists chiefly of an ovoid mass of nuclei in each lateral wall of the third ventricle and serves chiefly to relay impulses and especially sensory impulses to and from the cerebral cortex
- 7. (Palpitated) to beat rapidly and strongly : throb
- 12. A young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)
- 15. Feeling or showing extreme discouragment, dejection, or depression."
- 16. A cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin espically by woman in the late medieval period and by some ruins
- 17. Humiliating, degrading.
- 18. A trancelike state marked by loss of voluntary motion in which the limbs remain in whatever position they are placed
- 21. Having or showing inability to understand difficult ideas and situations and make good decisions.
- 22. A direct line of descent within a group.
- 23. To call a defendent before a court to answer to an indictment
- 24. A very poor person typically one supported by public charity or legal relief