Middle School Vocabulary (words that start with D)

123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 2. Any of various small toothed whales with the snout more or less elongated into a beak and the neck vertebrae partially fused.
  2. 3. Performance of a musical composition or movement by two singers or two instrumentalists.
  3. 5. A scarce supply.
  4. 6. Hard to understand; puzzling.
  5. 9. To authorize and send as one’s representative or agent.
  6. 10. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
  7. 11. Relating to the household or the family.
  8. 12. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted.
  9. 13. Utter loss of hope.
  10. 15. Having lost all hope; despairing.
  11. 17. A dead person; especially a person who has recently died.
  12. 18. A transgressor against duty or law.
Down
  1. 1. Completely dissimilar.
  2. 2. To express polite refusal.
  3. 3. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
  4. 4. To divert by advice or persuasion.
  5. 5. To scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse.
  6. 7. To deceive the mind or judgment of.
  7. 8. To make less concentrated; diminish the strength, activity, or flavor of.
  8. 9. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
  9. 10. Able to exist for a long time; lasting.
  10. 12. To spend time idly.
  11. 14. Dishonest.
  12. 15. Power of decision; individual judgment.
  13. 16. A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.