Vocabulary Test #1-4
Across
- 4. enthusiastic or passionate
- 5. (especially of a time or place) extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque
- 7. the attitude an author takes toward his or her subject
- 8. a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect
- 9. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- 13. contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous
- 14. treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
Down
- 1. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed
- 2. an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality / the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space
- 3. a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment / a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service
- 6. put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force
- 10. (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
- 11. a reference to something (a book, a movie, a poem, a speech, etc.)
- 12. unnecessary, especially through being more than enough