English vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages
  2. 6. the liquid metal mercury.
  3. 10. resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
  4. 11. an implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over plowed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed
  5. 13. formal and dignified
  6. 16. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness
  7. 19. (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)
  8. 20. the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.
  9. 21. steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder
  10. 22. talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense
  11. 24. printed cotton fabric
  12. 28. a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap
  13. 29. a mischievous person
  14. 30. out- scoop water out of a boat or ship
  15. 32. sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
  16. 33. try to sell (something, especially small items) by going from house to house or place to place
  17. 34. a troublesome wild animal.
  18. 35. sordid and disreputable
  19. 36. a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar.
  20. 38. a hut or tent with a domed or conical roof made by fastening bark, hides, or reed mats over a framework of poles (as used traditionally by some North American Indian peoples)
  21. 40. (of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial
Down
  1. 1. guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
  2. 2. a dense group of bushes or trees
  3. 4. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
  4. 5. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
  5. 7. recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type
  6. 8. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  7. 9. walk or run with leaping strides
  8. 12. a type of bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash
  9. 14. move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction
  10. 15. the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
  11. 17. form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
  12. 18. a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock
  13. 23. self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
  14. 25. concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
  15. 26. an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something
  16. 27. a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day
  17. 31. stare in an angry or fierce way
  18. 37. search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
  19. 39. an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback