Vocab Unit (Fall 2025)
Across
- 1. – Seeming contradiction
- 6. – Beyond correction
- 8. – Repeated initial sounds
- 9. – Intensely painful
- 11. – Never done before
- 12. – Loud and energetic
- 13. – Lacking concern
- 14. – Plead desperately
- 15. – Disastrously harmful
- 16. – Firm in purpose
- 18. – Awe-inspiring, intimidating
- 22. – Friendly, pleasant
- 24. – Rise above
- 25. – Unaffected by
- 27. – Willingness to give
- 29. – Absence of law
- 30. – Harsh or rough
- 34. – Not penetrable
- 36. – Word imitating sound
- 40. – Very fast
- 43. – Fickle, unpredictable
- 44. – Presentation or act
- 48. – Subtle hint or insinuation
- 49. – Leave in a will
- 50. – Cold, hopeless
- 52. – Gloomy, sullen
- 53. – Extreme unhappiness
- 54. – Destroy completely
- 56. – Hard labor
- 59. – Perceive or recognize
- 61. – Lessening seriousness
- 62. – Scornful dislike
- 63. – Obtain with effort
- 65. – Beg urgently
- 66. – Careless of risk
- 67. – Showing no emotion
- 69. – Distorted or bizarre
- 71. – Applicable everywhere
- 73. – Free-market based
- 77. – Express sorrow
- 78. – Cause great ruin
- 79. – Starting and stopping
Down
- 2. – Agree without protest
- 3. – Reluctantly, unwillingly
- 4. – Keep in condition
- 5. – Dissatisfied person
- 7. – Blessing or prayer
- 10. – Spotlessly clean
- 17. – Shortage or lack
- 19. – Highly distinguished
- 20. – Desire wrongfully
- 21. – Pointless, useless
- 23. – Ruling government
- 26. – Able to be felt
- 28. – Maximum productivity
- 31. – Wild with worry
- 32. – Take power unlawfully
- 33. – Mean-spirited, cruel
- 35. – Advantageous position
- 37. – State of being forgotten
- 38. – Steady persistence
- 39. – Natural tendency
- 41. – Deep dislike or disrespect
- 42. – Medieval knightly honor
- 45. – Wipe out completely
- 46. – Treacherous, sneaky
- 47. – Extremely thin
- 51. – Point of view
- 55. – “Like” or “as” comparison
- 57. – Serious effort
- 58. – Yielding to desire
- 60. – Determination
- 61. – Producing results
- 64. – Burn to stop bleeding
- 68. – Opposite of expected
- 70. – Group of poem lines
- 72. – Based on whim
- 74. – Copy or mimic
- 75. – Obvious, shameless
- 76. – Belief or acceptance