Unit 11 Vocabulary

Synonym Crossword Puzzle

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

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2         3               
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       9     10            
11                      
            12       13     
 14      15                 
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Across:

3. creek, rill, brook, small stream
4. diffident, sedate, shy, modest
7. persistent, unremitting, stern, without pity
8. advocate, supporter
11. devaluation, cheapening
12. to spend foolishly, waste
16. thwart, preclude, ward off, hinder
17. flinch, to spring back
18. quiver, shiver, vibrate, palpitate
19. regain, recover, retrieve

Down:

1. terseness, conciseness, shorteness, pithiness
2. informed, cultivated, free from ignorance
5. stench, unpleasant smell
6. worsen, decline, degenerate, debase
9. to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
10. behave; to be in agreement
12. abrupt, disjointed
13. disclose, impart, to tell, reveal
14. terse, succinct
15. an ordinance, a law