vocabulary quiz unit 5
Across
- 2. to scoff at, sneer at, snicker at
- 4. self-evident, taken for granted
- 7. a rule of conduct, principle, or maxim
- 8. to foretell, forecast, predict, presage
- 10. salubrious, wholesome, beneficial
- 11. doleful, lugubrious; funeral, mortuary
- 13. to disentangle, extract, disengage
- 14. a supplement, addition, appendix
- 15. sleep-inducing; a narcotic, anesthetic
- 17. impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
- 19. a general pardon or absolution
- 20. self-government, home rule
Down
- 1. insipid, colorless, lifeless, dull
- 2. to pilfer, purloin, swipe
- 3. highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
- 5. a warning, caution
- 6. bane, flog, plague, pestilence
- 9. unruly, refractory, recalcitrant; peevish
- 12. fair, just, right, reasonable
- 16. cumbersome, bulky, clumsy; impractical
- 18. searing, harsh, severe, ferocious, savage