ELA 9 Vocab Midterm Review
Across
- 1. to save from fire or shipwreck
- 2. to make right, correct
- 3. to stop proceedings temporarily
- 4. an original model on which later versions are patterned
- 8. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
- 9. an extremely poor person
- 10. not regular or consistent
- 12. overly self-important in speech and manner
- 14. food for horses or cattle
- 17. to make up, manufacture
- 20. careful, cautious
- 23. angry
- 24. lacking in restraint
- 25. to mislead by a trick, swindle
- 27. famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
Down
- 1. to overcome, rise above
- 4. to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
- 5. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
- 6. to seize and hold a position by force or without
- 7. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a chubby face
- 11. to let go, give up
- 13. difficult or impossible to read
- 14. determined in advance by destiny or fortune
- 15. to overcome with fear, intimidate
- 16. commonplace; overused, stale
- 18. hard to do, requiring much effort
- 19. to run off and hide
- 21. brief and to the point
- 22. to caution or advise against something
- 26. to make fun of rudely or unkindly