Unit 1 Vocabulary

Synonym Crossword Puzzle

Complete the crossword, and then click Check to check your answers. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.

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1. facile, versatile; use both hands equally well
6. underhanded, cunning, perfidious, sly
7. resilient, adaptable, supple, flexible
8. pollute, sully, contaminate
10. steadfastness, mettle, resolve
11. inconclusive, uncertain, provisional
12. exact; word for word
14. lavish, rich, plentiful, abundant
16. sloppy, disheveled, rough, disordered
18. bereaved; deprived of
19. impassive, phlegmatic

2. clue, indication, inkling
3. carefully, prudently, gingerly
4. ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
5. gawk, ogle
9. restate, rehash, recapitulate
13. amplify, enlarge, supplement
15. costume, pretense, semblance
17. station, organize, to arrange
20. bleak, harsh, forbidding, saturnine, melancholy