High School Vocabulary 3

High School Vocabulary Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
Your words are; parabola, flourish, parameter, exult, fallacy, marsupial, bamboozle, bizarre, epiphany, paradigm, lichen, equinox, quota, lightyear, facetious, quarantine, quandary, aspire,
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Across:

1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
5. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
6. any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
7. to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, esp. for something great or of high value
8. to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.
10. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae, resulting in a composite organism that characteristically forms a crustlike or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks.
12. Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
14. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant
15. Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances.
16. one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.

Down:

1. a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma.
2. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
3. markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange
4. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief
9. not meant to be taken seriously or literally
11. to be in a vigorous state; thrive
13. a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity.
16. a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane