Mockingbird Vocabulary
Across
- 2. eager with a sense of unease
- 4. thoughtful or pondering deeply often for spiritual purposes
- 5. not clearly understood or expressed
- 7. pay or benefits given for service or loss; repayment
- 10. friendly, agreeable
- 12. with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
- 15. a strong natural tendency to do something
- 21. harmful
- 24. complete and total
- 25. the possibility that something will happen in the future
- 26. to do or undertake something despite the risk or danger involved
- 27. in a calm or peaceful way
- 28. to support or strengthen
- 30. to draw attention to, or put stress on
- 32. simple and bare; without pleasures
- 33. to make free from confusion or ambiguity; to explain
- 36. a false appearance designed to mask true feelings
- 37. an irregular rise and fall
- 38. energetically or forcefully
- 40. unimaginative and narrow-minded
- 41. peaceful and quiet
Down
- 1. the power or will of making a conscious decision
- 3. in an obvious manner
- 6. to assert the opposite of something
- 8. not flexible or able to change shape
- 9. without hope
- 11. being careful or subtle so as to not cause offense or bother
- 13. to improve a difficult situation; to decrease hurt feelings
- 14. charming and old-fashioned
- 16. showing little energy or enthusiasm; glum
- 17. goodwill; acts of kindness
- 18. occurs at the same time as something else
- 19. very opposed in nature/character/purpose
- 20. to approach in order to speak to someone, usually in a bold or aggressive manner
- 22. to make someone feel better
- 23. using few or precise words to express an idea
- 28. to force someone to endure something
- 29. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- 31. with energy and passion
- 34. in an illegal or forbidden manner
- 35. a peer; two people or things living or existing at the same time
- 39. bold and disrespectful