English 9 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Full of sorrow or sadness; sad in an exaggerated or insincere manner
  2. 6. Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
  3. 9. Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
  4. 12. With fearful apprehension
  5. 14. Characterized by strong feelings of what is right and what is wrong; can be narrow sense of morality (comes off as judgmental)
  6. 16. Having or showing a lack of respect for something or someone that is usually treated with respect; satiric
  7. 17. Expressing feelings of gratitude, approval, or pleasure in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
  8. 20. Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
  9. 21. Speaker or author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
  10. 23. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
  11. 24. Optimistic and cheerful
  12. 27. Odd, strange, fantastic; fun
  13. 29. Questioning the basic sincerity and goodness of people
Down
  1. 1. An unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside
  2. 2. Directly frank without hesitation (frank = open, honest, candid)
  3. 3. Intense use of sarcasm; stinging or biting (inducing emotional pain)
  4. 5. Not interesting or exciting; dull or boring
  5. 7. Mournful; marked by regret
  6. 8. Unimaginative and dull; Narrowly or stodgily (very old-fashioned) or often very ostentatiously learned
  7. 10. Learned, polished, scholarly
  8. 11. Painfully affecting the feelings; emotionally cutting piercing, touching; Designed to make an impression
  9. 13. Displaying knowledge or wealth that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy
  10. 15. Very confident and daring, perhaps recklessly so; Original and bold; Contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
  11. 18. Offensive in speech or gesture
  12. 19. Scornful, feeling or belief that something or someone is worthless or despicable
  13. 22. Annoyed or worried
  14. 25. Marked by usage of words that mean the opposite of what you really think/feel in order to be funny or deceptive/manipulative
  15. 26. Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
  16. 27. Slightly sarcastic in a humorous way; clever with a bit of irony
  17. 28. Rude or impolite; showing disregard for people