Based on vocabulary used in the reading selection of

SAT Practice: The New Verbal Section

Chapter 6

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Across 3. adj. Irritable, grouchy, ill-tempered, irascible, querulous. 4. adj. Undiminished, unreduced. 8. n. Indigence, poverty, destitution. 10. n. Meal, banquet, buffet, feast, collation. 11. n. Inclination [to, for], proclivity [for, to], affinity [for, to], predilection [for], fondness [for, of]. 12. v./n. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of; caricature, satire, spoof. 14. n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. 15. v./n. To have the intention of doing; profess, purpose 16. n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief; contradiction, inconsistency, irony. 17. n. A scholar who makes needless and inappropriate display of his learning; sophist. 18. n. A fiendish or riotous uproar; chaos, bedlam, uproar.

Down 1. adj. Excessively sparing in the use or expenditure of money; thrifty, frugal, miserly. 2. v. To read or examine with great care; to observe. 3. adj. Doctrinaire, sophistic, finicky, arcane. 5. adj. Of or relating to the sense of taste. 6. n. A majority (not really -- the greatest number of votes cast for one of three or more candidates, but not a majority of total votes cast) 7. n. Fear of open spaces. 8. n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans. 9. adj. Consisting of or related to money; financial, fiscal, economic. 13. adj./n. Formed after one's father's name. A name formed after one's father's name. 14. n. Sorrow for a sin with desire to amend and to atone; contrition, repentance, remorse. 15. n. Treachery, disloyalty, deceit, betrayal. 16. n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases; cure-all, solution.