Vocab Test #8 Crossword
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
 
 
Down: 1) Indirect or evasive. Devious, misleading, or dishonest. Not direct in descent; collateral. Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined. Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.3) The act or an instance of resigning. An oral or written statement that one is resigning a position or an office. Unresisting acceptance of something as inescapable; submission. Acceptance of despair. The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.).5) The covering of feathers on a bird. Feathers used ornamentally. Elaborate dress; finery.7) Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude.” Short and terse and easy to understand. Across: 2) Not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric. Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.4) Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view. Holding or grasping firmly; forceful. Retentive, stubborn, or persistent. Tending to stick or adhere. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive, tending to retain; retentive:6) The doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. The doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure.8) Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate. Having or marked by violent force. Liable to act without consideration; rash. Resulting from or characterized by rashness or haste.9) To make poisonous or noxious. To fill with bitterness or malice, cause to be bitter or resentful.10) To shrink back, as in fear; cower. To behave in a servile way; fawn. To wince in embarrassment or distaste. To experience a sudden feeling of embarrassment or distaste. To show submission or fear. To shrink back in fear, terror.
 

 

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