Vocabulary List #7 Assignment

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Across
  1. 2. (adj)- matter-of-fact; without spirit, style or imagination
  2. 3. (n)- alertness; unbreaking attention to a duty
  3. 6. (adj.)- inauthentic; not bona fide
  4. 8. A literary device in which the sound of the word echoes the sound it represents
  5. 10. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Inanimate objects given human characteristics
  6. 11. (n)- correctness or uprightness; unerring in following principles
  7. 12. A statement that lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant
  8. 13. (v)- to discover the meaning of a cipher/encryption; to understand a coded or hidden meaning
  9. 14. (adj.)- honest and unconcealed; forthright
  10. 15. A false name or alias used by a writer to not use his or her real name. Reasons include: political, different works for different names, or the fact that whom who uses the pseudonym dislikes their own name
Down
  1. 1. A figure of speech involving great exaggeration
  2. 4. (adj.)- secretive or covert
  3. 5. (adj.)- sorry for the past actions; desiring forgiveness
  4. 7. (adj.)- noticeable or important; standing out
  5. 9. (adj.)- active and happy; full of energy