ELA 8 Short Story Vocab
Across
- 3. open to attack or easily harmed—physically, mentally, or emotionally
- 4. able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
- 7. extreme mental disturbance, often with hallucinations (seeing things that are not there)
- 9. worth sacrificing or giving up to gain an objective
- 11. having a pleasant and distinctive smell
- 15. affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it
- 16. to cancel or take back
Down
- 1. destroy, wipe out
- 2. a word, phrase, or sound that someone repeats over and over again
- 5. the state of being alone or far away from society, usually because one wants to be
- 6. to do something at the same time
- 8. a person who looks at or watches something
- 10. death; final ending of something
- 12. smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale
- 13. to scold someone gently or express mild disapproval of them
- 14. escape or avoid someone or something, sometimes with cleverness or trickery