Vocabulary Review Units 1-4
Across
- 3. accede, agree, assent, consent, subscribe
- 8. idealistic, romantic, utopian, visionary
- 10. highly noticeable in a negative way; conspicuously bad
- 13. cynic,naysayer, pessimist
- 18. clandestine,covert, undercover, underhanded
- 22. sympathize
- 24. stupid,unintelligent, blunt, dull
- 25. belittle,kiss off, dis, poor-mouth, put down
- 26. blabby, chatty, talkative, loquacious
- 27. rhetorical,oratorical, windy
- 28. dissenter, dissident, nonconformist
- 30. short-lived,temporary, transitory
- 33. careless, derelict, lazy, neglectful, remiss
- 36. senseless
- 37. immobile, nonmoving, standing, stationary
- 38. fraud,guile, artifice, cheating, dishonesty
Down
- 1. a feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride.
- 2. crabby,cranky, grouchy, grumpy, fussy
- 4. blacken, defame, libel, smear, slander
- 5. having the supposed power to see things not perceived by the normal senses.
- 6. cheap, miserly, penurious
- 7. an oddity; something different from what is normal or expected.
- 9. short-tempered,irritable
- 11. shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, hesitate, waver
- 12. to oppose and defeat; obstruct; frustrate
- 14. habitually non-talkative; uncommunicative
- 15. inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid
- 16. tirade,philippic, rant
- 17. alarm or dread
- 18. high-and-mighty,pompous, arrogant, uppity
- 19. affinity,proclivity, propensity, tendency
- 20. uncontrollable; unmanageable; not capable of being corrected or reformed.
- 21. clichéd, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
- 23. a person who tries to win favor through flattery
- 29. profuse, galore, gushing
- 31. bitterness,cattiness, corrosiveness, virulence
- 32. wise,sensible, insightful, prudent, discerning
- 34. ravenous,insatiable, gluttonous
- 35. briefness,conciseness, shortness