English 11 Fall Vocabulary Review 1

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Across
  1. 1. Literary Connection: “One of his eyes was burnt shut and his hair was but a __________ wig of ash upon his blackened skull” (The Road 50).
  2. 5. Denotation: to take temporary shelter
  3. 10. Synonyms: charred; blackened
  4. 11. Denotation: a vein of metal or ore that leads to other such deposits
  5. 12. Antonyms: dismantle; disassemble
  6. 14. Antonyms: darkness; dimness
  7. 16. Antonyms: transparent; obvious
  8. 17. Antonyms: straightened; smoothened
  9. 18. Denotation: a portable sanctuary or any sort of sacred place
  10. 19. Literary Connection: "He rose and stood tottering in that cold autistic dark with his arms outheld for balance while the __________ calculations in his skull cranked out their reckonings" (The Road 15).
  11. 20. Denotation: a document that has multiple layers of text
Down
  1. 2. Synonyms: unmovable; uncompromising
  2. 3. Literary Connection: “He wished them _________ til they were gone” (The Road 53).
  3. 4. Etymology: shares a Latin root with a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the earth using copious amounts of water
  4. 6. Denotation: something requiring extensive or abnormal amounts of effort
  5. 7. Etymology: derived from the name of a rebellious / ingenious character in Greek mythology
  6. 8. Etymology: derived from the same proto-Germanic root as the word "guarantee"
  7. 9. Synonyms: beggar; panhandler
  8. 13. Denotation: Extreme or unacceptable
  9. 15. Synonyms: curving; meandering