Unit 5 Vocabulary Crossword

3. To fail to fulfill an obligation, or a pre-set option chosen automatically.
4. To shrink back or flinch involuntarily, often in response to pain or embarrassment.
8. To cause things to occur at the exact same time or rate.
10. To crouch down or shrink back in fear.
11. To deteriorate or change into a progressively worse, weaker, or lower state.
12. In a way that is impossible to untangle, separate, or escape from.
14. The use of similar grammar, structure, or ideas in consecutive sentences or paragraphs for emphasis.
17. The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize, mock, or expose the flaws of society or individuals.
18. A carefully planned, skillful, or clever movement or action.

1. Serious requests, or strategies used in argument to persuade an audience (e.g., appealing to logic or emotion).
2. Highly skilled in or using logical reasoning to break things down into smaller parts for study.
3. Empty, deserted, and barren, often leaving a feeling of deep sadness.
5. To counteract, cancel out, or make something harmless.
6. A feeling of confusing amazement or sudden, alarming dread.
7. A contrast or gap between what is expected to happen and what actually happens (or between what is said and what is meant).
8. To imitate the appearance, behavior, or conditions of something else.
9. Having the power to save, reform, or free someone from their faults or suffering.
13. Alert, careful attention, especially when looking out for danger.
15. To evaluate, judge, or estimate the value or quality of something.
16. To make something known that was previously hidden or a secret.