Vocabulary Week 16-18 ELA 7

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Across
  1. 2. high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people
  2. 5. easily persuaded to believe something
  3. 8. hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
  4. 10. deliberately avoid using; abstain from
  5. 12. to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
  6. 13. (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness
  7. 14. member of a degraded class or a social outcast
  8. 17. pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury, intended to impress or attract notice
Down
  1. 1. the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end
  2. 3. carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently
  3. 4. last but one in a series of things; second to last
  4. 6. shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the main points
  5. 7. take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
  6. 9. being under or as if under a curse
  7. 11. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
  8. 15. delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
  9. 16. a person who boasts about achievements or possessions