Daughter of Invention Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. — The object looked strange or unfamiliar, suggesting it appeared ______.
  2. 5. — The narrator suggests her mother’s inventions did not address ______ world problems.
  3. 8. — The mother prepares to deliver a final demand, an ______.
  4. 10. — The father believes the speech shows disrespectful and ______ behavior.
  5. 11. — The father knocks his glasses aside in nervous speed and ______.
  6. 12. — The mother asks what the girls did to ______ their classmates’ anger.
  7. 13. — The mother warns the girls to stop constantly bothering her, or they will ______ her.
Down
  1. 1. — The replacement speech contains predictable, overused praise that feels ______.
  2. 2. — The mother reminds her husband they are no longer in a violent or ______ country.
  3. 4. — The knock was quick and lacking depth, showing it was ______.
  4. 6. — Her creative resourcefulness reflects her ______.
  5. 7. — The narrator’s lamp casts an emotionally sharp light, creating a ______ mood.
  6. 9. — The father calls the speech rebellious and ______.