Across
- 3. a speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel contained in a single syllable
- 7. the basic or essential feature of something
- 9. presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous
- 10. a peculiarity of behavior; mannerism
- 13. A name or title that distinguishes or identifies
- 15. an object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury
- 16. the ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence
- 18. the condition of being without a stop or interruption
- 20. one of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life
- 21. a dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional form of speech
- 23. to begin; originate; cause to being
- 24. last; coming at the end
- 25. a set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell
- 26. central or crucial to something; very important
- 27. a wild or unpredictable notion or action; odd fancy
- 28. something that follows, continuation
- 29. the ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck
Down
- 1. a person for whom something is or is thought to be named
- 2. one subject to the authority of another
- 4. only superficially relevant or related
- 5. a particular manner or kind of speech
- 6. the study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes
- 8. consisting of many groups speaking different languages, or a person who knows many languages
- 11. the belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means
- 12. spoken by or using the language by the common people rather than the literary people; vernacular
- 14. resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate
- 17. to bring to an end; conclude
- 18. characterized by or subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle
- 19. a newly made-up word, phrase, or expression
- 22. to approach the same point from different directions