Sophomore Vocabulary Test Word Crossword Puzzle High Schools
Sophomore Vocabulary Word Crossword Puzzle
Across
- Acquiesce – (v.) to accept without protest
- Renegade – (n.) a deserter, outlaw
- Bequeath – (v.) to give or pass on as an inheritance
- Deviate – (v.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm
- Antipathy – (n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
- Fathom – (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of
- Elevate – (v.) synonym for escalate
- Acrid – (adj) harsh in taste or color
- Amend – (v.) change in a formal way
- Condolence – (n.) an expression of sympathy
- Extol – (v) to praise extravagently
- Etiquette – correct behavior
- Facile – (adj.) easily done or attained
- Guile – (n) treacherous cunning, trickery
- Bereft – (adj., part.) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
- Irrelevant – (adj) not to the point, not applicable or pertinent
- Assiduous – (adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent
- Ominous – (adj) threatening, bad omen
- Lamentable – (adj.) to be regretted or pitied
- Misconstrue – (v) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
- Innocuous – (adj.) harmless, inoffensive
- Stately – (adj) dignified, majestic
- Sojourn – (n) a temporary stay
- Reiterate – (adj) to say again, repeat
- Pliable – (adj) easily bent, flexible, easily influenced
- Muse – (v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
- Prefix
- Patent – (n) exclusive rights over an invention (v) to arrange or obtain such rights
- Placate – (v) to appease, soothe, pacify
- Scrupulous – (adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details
- Protrude – (v.) to stick out, thrust forth
Sophomore Vocabulary Word Crossword Puzzle
Down
- Abhor – (v.) to regard with horror or loathing
- Duress – (n) compulsion by threat
- Brash – (adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner
- Tepid – (adj) lukewarm, unenthusiastic
- Implicate – (v.) to involve in
- Adversary – (n) an enemy, opponent
- Figurative
- Covet – (v.) to desire something belonging to another
- Turbulent – (adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent
- Quell – (v) to subdue, put down forcibly
- Compunction – (n) remorse, regret
- Elated – (adj) in high spirits, jubilant, extremely pleased
- Finite – (adj.) having limits
- Gnarled – (adj.) knotted, twisted, lumpy
- Brandish – (v.) to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
- Converge – (v.) to move toward one point, approach nearer together
- Impervious – (adj) not affected or hurt by
- Profess – (v.) to affirm openly
- Spontaneous – (adj.) not planned or engineered in advance
- Esteem – (v) to regard highly (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgement
- Pinnacle – (n) a high peak or point
- Malevolent – (adj.) spiteful, showing ill will
- Inter – (v.) to bury, commit to the earth
- Superficial – (adj) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
- Ironic – (adj) suggesting a incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
- Limpid – (adj.) clear, transparent
- Unfeigned – (adj.) sincere, real, without pretense
- Potent – (adj.) powerful
- Chastise – (v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction
- Poignant – (adj.) deeply affecting, touching
- Squalid – (adj.) filthy, wretched, debased
- Dearth – (n) a lack or scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine
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