Maniac Magee - Chapters 1 - 32 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. to stare stupidly (62 - gawked)
- 4. never-ending life; eternity (94)
- 7. fussy; hard to please (38)
- 8. unknown; unperceived (56)
- 10. faint; indistinct (116 - vaguely)
- 13. show off; boast (98 - flaunting)
- 14. a confusing network of paths or passages (73)
- 15. an athlete playing their first year on a team (93)
- 18. to pledge or resolve to do something (56)
- 19. half of a sphere (45)
- 21. an indefinitely long period of time (68 - eons)
- 24. bewilderment; confusion (86)
- 26. having a bad reputation (16)
- 27. a streetcar powered by electricity (5)
- 30. a pipe with a valve and a spout that draws water from a water main, used for fighting fires (59)
- 32. a person who helps others because it's the right thing to do (19)
- 33. unemotional; self-controlled (115)
- 35. fragrant; strong-smelling (111)
- 36. to attack; to rush about or move violently or angrily (47)
- 38. drawn together in loops or a spiral (74 - coiled)
- 39. something perceived that is not real (18)
- 40. an illusion (18)
- 41. nonsense (85)
- 42. twisted or bent out of shape (69 - contortions)
- 43. sawn or split timber (26 - lumbered)
- 44. reaction of the body to a foreign substance (48)
- 46. one of several people who carry or attend the coffin at a funeral (116)
- 48. to stun (19 - stupefied)
Down
- 1. delicately; fancily (71)
- 2. unwilling; afraid (112)
- 3. old man (98)
- 5. music program (e.g., The Lion King) (6)
- 6. to drive or cause to move forward (60)
- 9. a coherent group of tested propositions (8 - theories)
- 11. to be enough; adequate (16)
- 12. chaos; riotous uproar (25)
- 16. easily seen; apparent (8)
- 17. to move up or down a vertical object (such as a pole or a tree) by hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs (50 - shinnied)
- 20. spread out or around; scatter (110 - dispersing)
- 22. vague idea; general understanding (86)
- 23. complain; gripe; grouch (98)
- 24. a ghost, apparition, spectre (19)
- 25. rest; weaken; wither (111 - languished)
- 28. a simple shelter with a roof and open sides (79)
- 29. flowing out of (18 - emanations)
- 31. to speak in an extravagant or violent manner; to rave (61 - ranting)
- 34. frame of a bridge (5)
- 36. an unrestrained indulgence in an activity; binge (85)
- 37. magic; wonder (113)
- 45. unable to sit or stand still; fidgety (71)
- 47. anything handed down from the past; what a person is remembered for (2)