Ch. 12 reading vocab. Crossword
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Down:
1) by chance, not planned or prearranged; irregular --- synonyms: haphazard, accidental --- antonyms: planned, systematic3) to make stronger with new materials or support --- synonyms: strengthen, bolster, prop up --- antonyms: weaken, undermine, sap, impair4) ripe, well-matured; soft, sweet, and rich; gentle, pleasant; to become gentle and sweet --- snyonyms: dulcet, creamy --- antonyms: unripe, green, harsh, grating, strident5) the act of making clear or understandable, an explanation --- synonym: elucidation7) wandering, moving about from place to place --- synonyms: roaming, vagrant, migratory, itinerant --- antonyms: stationary, settled, rooted, fixed8) a search, hunt; to search, seek, ask --- syonyms: pursuit, venture10) unhurried, taking plenty of time; in an easygoing or unhurried way --- synonyms: slow, relaxed --- antonyms: hasty, hurried, rushed, hectic11) sad, without hope, discouraged --- synonyms: dejected, depressed, forlorn --- antonyms: jubilant, elated14) hiding place; something hidden or stored --- synonyms: stockpile, hoard, store16) a state of great confusion or disorder; mental strain or agitation --- synonyms: upheaval, tumult --- antonyms: peace and quiet, order |
Across:
2) a boaster, boastful in a loud, annoying way --- synonyms: bigmouth, blowhard4) sickness, illness, disease, disorder --- synonyms: ailment, affliction --- antonyms: health, well-being6) to be plentiful, be filled --- synonyms: burst with, overflow with, teem with --- antonyms: lack, want9) one piece at a time, gradually --- synonym: bit by bit --- antonym: all at once12) a person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing, especially in society, prestige --- synonyms: recognition, standing 13) unnaturally sleepy, dull, slow moving; indifferent --- synonyms: lazy, sluggish, listless --- antonynms: wide-awake, alert, energetic, dynamic15) to speak wildly and noisily; loud, violent talk --- synonyms: rave. fume, spout --- antonyms: whisper, murmur17) to steal property entrusted to one's care --- synonyms: swindle, defraud18) causing mental pain or grief --- synonyms: moving, sad, hearbreaking, poignant --- antonyms: amusing, funny, hilarious19) isolation from others, solitude --- synonyms: aloneness, solitariness --- antonym: the thick of things |
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