vocab

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Across
  1. 1. - without any reduction in intensity or strength
  2. 5. lack of good sense; foolishness.: "an act of sheer folly"
  3. 6. lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
  4. 7. -infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).: "she had transgressed an unwritten social law" "they must control the impulses that lead them to transgress".
  5. 9. unchanging over time or unable to be changed.:
  6. 10. -hesitating or doubting.: "Alex looked dubious, but complied"
  7. 14. public shame or disgrace.: "the ignominy of being imprisoned"
  8. 15. tending to be different or develop in different directions.: "divergent interpretations" "varieties of English can remain astonishingly divergent from one another".
  9. 18. piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark which they made on it.
  10. 19. referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
  11. 20. -the quality of being impudent; impertinence.: "his arrogance and impudence had offended many"
Down
  1. 2. - a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.
  2. 3. (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.: "the authorities allocated 50,000 places to refugees" "he has been allocated a generous slice of the annual budget".
  3. 4. to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.: "a ribald comment" "he was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism".
  4. 8. exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.: "the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings" "protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity".
  5. 11. (of a person's legs) curved so as to be wide apart at the knees.: "she had bent, slightly bandy legs".
  6. 12. the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.: "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry" "a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers".
  7. 13. a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.: "owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich".
  8. 16. regard with disgust and hatred.: "professional tax preparers abhor a flat tax because it would dry up their business"
  9. 17. devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.: "she didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention" "the devious wiles of the politicians".