American Literature Vocabulary Review 4

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Across
  1. 2. Etymologically derived from Greek word for common person, typically refers to language
  2. 5. Antonyms = essential; sparse
  3. 8. To strongly regret or disapprove of something
  4. 9. The last vocabulary word you had as freshmen, taken from Inferno, meaning to bind or shackle
  5. 10. Something that lacks originality or freshness
  6. 11. Full of energy or enthusiasm
  7. 12. Feigning illness for the purpose of avoiding work
  8. 15. Modifier that invokes a figure from Classical mythology known for performing great feats of strength
  9. 16. Proceeding gradually or subtly, but for ill-intent
  10. 18. The first vocabulary word you had as freshmen, taken from Hiroshima, referring to something that causes a fire to start
  11. 19. Eliot: "In vials of ivory and coloured glass / Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, / __________, powdered, or liquid—troubled, confused / And drowned the sense in odours"
  12. 20. Etymologically derived from Greek words for "all" and "gods," in reference to an elevated status
Down
  1. 1. Antonyms = cruel; maleficent
  2. 3. Synonyms = prophetic; prescient
  3. 4. Modifier that invokes a figure from Classical mythology known for going against the dictates of higher authorities
  4. 6. Etymologically linked to a symbolic action showing approval by bringing two hands together
  5. 7. To be of such little consequence as to be irrelevant
  6. 11. Synonyms = Book smarts; pedantry
  7. 13. An excessive flow or overwhelming amount of liquid
  8. 14. Onomatopoetic word denoting a whispering or rustling sound
  9. 17. Eliot: "He, the young man __________, arrives, / A small house agent's clerk, with one bold stare, / One of the low on whom assurance sits / As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire."
  10. 18. Synonyms = reinforced; fortified