"100 Words" - First 50
Across
- 4. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
- 5. a figure of speech that suggests a non-literary similarity without using the words "like" or "as"
- 6. a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
- 8. drawing comparison in order to show a similarity
- 11. a government order imposing a trade barrier
- 13. conspicuously or grossly unusual or strange
- 14. a complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
- 16. feel extreme happiness or elation
- 17. to grow vigorously
- 19. the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year
- 21. a writing system using picture symbols
- 23. to call to remembrance
- 25. to crouch or curl up
- 26. full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- 28. a mammal, the female of which has a pouch carrying the young
- 29. improperly forward to bold; rude
- 32. to have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- 33. a photograph from reproducing a three-dimensional image
- 34. the refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
- 35. a religious or spiritual leader
- 37. a plant occurring in crusty patches on tree trunks or rocks
- 39. design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
- 41. an arrangement of events in time
- 43. brief and to the point; using few words
- 45. to conceal one's true motives from another
- 46. to do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- 47. extremely impressive in strength or excellence
- 49. to stress or single out as important
- 51. without or almost without hope
Down
- 1. an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure
- 2. a strategic, planned movement
- 3. a change or alteration in form or qualities
- 7. an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
- 9. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- 10. the act of removing a part from the whole
- 12. a member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force
- 15. pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
- 18. to make known to the public information previously kept secret
- 20. notation of how many times to multiply a quantity by itself
- 22. marked by exuberance and high spirits
- 24. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
- 27. a conversation between two people or characters
- 30. a closed plane curve with an oval shape
- 31. contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
- 36. a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- 38. that which is inherited
- 40. a protein that produces an immune response
- 42. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters
- 44. propriety in manners and conduct
- 48. having or showing great excitement and interest
- 50. of the condition in which an organism can resist disease