12/2 Wordlist

2. make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something.
5. a person's or a people's native land.
6. in, at, or to this place or position.
8. perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something).
9. having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people.
10. attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
13. a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.
15. My _________ and I share a computer.
17. an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.
19. (of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in a way that is acceptable to others; behave badly.

1. (of a place) situated far from the main centers of population; distant.
3. a card sent, often anonymously, on St. Valentine's Day (February 14) to a person one loves or is attracted to.
4. cause (someone) to become bewildered or perplexed.
7. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
11. the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
12. copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper.
14. write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).
16. assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge.
18. a pause in work or during an activity or event.