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Unit 5 Vocab
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Scathing : (adj.) Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
Vapid : (adj.) Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force.
Fractious : (adj.) Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
Caveat : (n.) A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
Sepulchral : (adj.)Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal.
Precept : (n.) A rule of conduct or action
Amnesty : (n.) A general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution.
Salutary : (adj.) Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
Unwieldy : (adj.) Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity.
Transient : (adj.) Lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time.
Soporific : (adj.) Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep.
Blazon : (v.) To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
Scourge : (v.) To whip, punish severely; (n.) A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
Flout : (v.) To mock, treat with concept
Filch : (v.) To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
Autonomy : (n.) Self-governed, political control
Axiomatic : (adj.) Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle
Straitlaced : (adj.) Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical.
Extricate : (v.) To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
Equitable : (adj.) Fair, just, embodying principles of justice
Unit 5 Vocab
Across:2. | (n.) A rule of conduct or action | 4. | (adj.) Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle | 5. | (adj.) Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity. | 9. | (n.) A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior | 11. | (v.) To mock, treat with concept |
| 12. | (adj.) Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force. | 13. | (n.) Self-governed, political control | 14. | (adj.) Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome | 15. | (v.) To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| | Down:1. | (adj.) Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical. | 3. | (adj.) Lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time. | 4. | (n.) A general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution. | 6. | (adj.) Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| 7. | (v.) To whip, punish severely; (n.) A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism | 8. | (adj.) Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep. | 10. | (adj.) Fair, just, embodying principles of justice | 11. | (v.) To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
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Unit 5 Vocab
Across:2. | (n.) A rule of conduct or action | 4. | (adj.) Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle | 5. | (adj.) Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity. | 9. | (n.) A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior | 11. | (v.) To mock, treat with concept |
| 12. | (adj.) Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force. | 13. | (n.) Self-governed, political control | 14. | (adj.) Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome | 15. | (v.) To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| | Down:1. | (adj.) Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical. | 3. | (adj.) Lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time. | 4. | (n.) A general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution. | 6. | (adj.) Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| 7. | (v.) To whip, punish severely; (n.) A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism | 8. | (adj.) Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep. | 10. | (adj.) Fair, just, embodying principles of justice | 11. | (v.) To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
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