English 9 Summative Vocabulary Review, Spring 2022

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Across
  1. 2. verb or noun, meaning to bind or the thing that binds
  2. 5. Antonyms: energetic; vivacious
  3. 7. servile self-seeking flatterer
  4. 8. Antonyms: barren; cynical
  5. 10. Antonyms: recent; contemporary
  6. 12. “In both cases the line is never quite obedient. One has to nudge, ___________” (Berger, “Past Present”).
  7. 13. "Heaven is going to use your master to ring the ___________" (Analects 713).
  8. 14. exhibiting foresight and caution
  9. 16. Synonyms: appalling; dreadful
  10. 17. to understand deeply
  11. 21. One of three qualities of the divine, meaning all knowing
  12. 22. etymologically refers to an educator, but now means someone who shows off learning
  13. 24. traditionally, a type of prayer; more recently, a list or series
  14. 25. something that is understood by a small number of people
  15. 28. literally, to skin; figuratively, to criticize harshly
  16. 29. to grow prolifically
  17. 30. In the context of the Daodejing, a reference to the "ten thousand things"
  18. 32. transcending known reality
  19. 33. strong urge to travel
  20. 34. etymologically related to a delicious Greek food that spins on a spool
  21. 37. Synonyms: disgraceful; dishonorable
  22. 39. “so depthless-deep and ___________ and dim that stare as I might into its frightful pit” (Inferno 944)
Down
  1. 1. truly
  2. 3. One of three qualities of the divine, meaning all powerful
  3. 4. Antonyms: malevolence; unkindness
  4. 6. Etymologically linked to one of the rivers of the afterlife, meaning murky or dark
  5. 9. to bring someone before a court for a trial
  6. 11. Antonyms: sturdy; well-built
  7. 12. Synonyms: mollifying; pacifying
  8. 15. temporary stay
  9. 18. “The seed sown among thorns is the man who hears the word, and concern for the world and ___________ of riches stifle the word, and bears no fruit” (Matthew 757).
  10. 19. moving backward
  11. 20. An Aramaic personification of wealth or affluence
  12. 23. A mythological sea creature from Jewish mythology, or any large and powerful entity
  13. 26. Synonyms: beggarly; impoverished
  14. 27. shares a name with a figure from Greek myth, meaning desire (for wealth)
  15. 31. etymologically means "all the demons"
  16. 35. Synonyms: hermit; loner
  17. 36. Synonym: repugnant; loathsome
  18. 38. As a verb, to annoy; as a noun, an annoying plant