Vocabulary Week 21-24 Review ELA 8

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Across
  1. 2. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
  2. 3. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
  3. 6. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
  4. 7. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered
  5. 8. a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery
  6. 10. a natural ability to do something
  7. 11. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness
  8. 13. savagely violent
  9. 15. be in the position of authority in a meeting or other gathering
  10. 16. engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought
  11. 17. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
  12. 19. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
  13. 21. attractively tall and dignified
  14. 22. (of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well
  15. 23. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
  16. 24. miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity
Down
  1. 1. making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible
  2. 4. (of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original
  3. 5. visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style
  4. 9. opposite in nature, direction, or meaning
  5. 10. having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
  6. 12. a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view
  7. 14. a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis
  8. 18. deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite
  9. 20. a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect