Context Clues and Tuck Chapters 1-5

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Across
  1. 4. conducted in secret
  2. 6. widespread
  3. 8. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
  4. 12. an ugly facial expression that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
  5. 18. irritated; annoyed
  6. 19. standing still; not moving
  7. 20. expressing sorrow or regret
  8. 22. very sad; depressed
  9. 23. sad or mournful
Down
  1. 1. a frame from which convicted people were hanged
  2. 2. practicing self-denial
  3. 3. an animal in the cattle family (cow, bison)
  4. 4. angry
  5. 5. dreary; lonely; forsaken
  6. 7. to be excessively modest; to put oneself down
  7. 9. to go at a slow, steady pace; stroll
  8. 10. easily provoked to anger; very irritable
  9. 11. to lessen grief, sorrow, or disappointment; to comfort
  10. 13. hasty and without attention to detail
  11. 14. deficient in quality or quantity; scant
  12. 15. to irritate greatly
  13. 16. a wooden puppet that moves with strings
  14. 17. to suddenly change thoughts or actions
  15. 21. cheerful; lively; self-confident