Unit 6 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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Across:

1. indigent, destitute, poverty-stricken
4. The poems were found only after the poet's death and therefore were published __________________.
5. complex, complicated
6. overly neat, proper, formal
7. melancholy, sad, dreary
10. persistent, stubborn, obstinate
11. never stopping, ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
13. inhibit, hinder, impede
16. hardworking, not lazy
18. bitterly sarcastic, wry, caustic
19. servitude, slavery; the practice of being physically restrained
20. foot the bill, bear the cost

Down:

2. Because you do not want your paper to be too wordy, it is necessary to eliminate _________________ words.
3. clear; easily understood; intelligible
8. to make amends, as for a sin or fault
9. ridicule, deride
12. replace, oust
14. gruesome, dreadful, grisly, appalling
15. adhere, conform
17. likely, believable, trustworthy