Across
- 1. a sign or forewarning - The stock market crash was a portent of the coming of a depression.
- 4. to make greater or to supplement - We must try to augment our savings this year.
- 5. to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner - She lamented the death of her father in a very lachrymose manner.
- 6. a serious event causing distress or misfortune - The earthquake in Mexico was a calamity.
- 8. to flood, to overflow - The television station was inundated with phone calls when the basketball game was interrupted.
- 13. overly attentive, servile - I believe that his obsequious behavior toward his grandmother is to ensure being included in the will.
- 16. unfavorable - I was disheartened by the inauspicious occasion of his death.
- 17. to talk idly or foolishly at great length - We want a speaker who will talk of important issues, not one who will prate about himself.
- 19. a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow - Fooled by his opponent's feint, the boxer dropped his guard and was knocked down.
- 20. very destructive or harmful, deadly - Smoking is a pernicious habit.
- 22. to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner - His disparaging remarks about me caused the committee to give the job to another person
- 24. something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future - Many view a rainbow as a presage of good fortune.
- 25. false testimony under oath - He was charged with perjury for lying to the grand jury.
Down
- 2. a plea, an earnest request - The lawyer made a lengthy entreaty to the jury before they retired to chambers.
- 3. destructive, deadly - War is a baleful experience for many.
- 7. to move upward, to rise from a lower station - The climbers ascended the mountain.
- 9. having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain – My teacher was not ambiguous about what was on the assessment
- 10. to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm - We sometimes allow ourselves to be beguiled by flatterers.
- 11. future generations, all descendants of a person - They wanted to write a declaration of independence that would last for all posterity.
- 12. rowdy, rough, and stormy - The boisterous child was running through the store screaming and laughing.
- 14. absolute hatred - I have a lot of enmity for people who provide illegal drugs to children.
- 15. to disguise, to pretend - Although he tried to dissemble his motive for seeing me, I knew the real reason.
- 18. funeral hymn, lament - The music was so morose and solemn that it sounded like a dirge.
- 21. completely occupied or absorbed - The woman was so engrossed in her knitting that she did not notice her child walk out the door.
- 23. extreme poverty - There is much penury in central Africa.