Vocab Week #11
Across
- 2. The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression
- 9. To form a circle about
- 11. Without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic
- 12. To declare frankly and openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit
- 13. A punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin
- 15. A distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere.
- 18. Of or relating to a person's life
- 19. Severity of manner, life, etc.: sternness
- 20. The point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer
- 21. A break or interruption in the continuity of actions
- 23. A fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege
- 24. A flash or beam of light
Down
- 1. A pretentious, swaggering display of courage
- 3. Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit
- 4. Without means of subsistence
- 5. Worthy of note or notice; noteworthy
- 6. Disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference
- 7. Having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable
- 8. A state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma
- 10. Something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc
- 14. Hard to understand
- 16. A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm
- 17. Burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
- 19. Abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth
- 22. Lowly and sometimes degrading