Poisonwood Bible Vocab
Across
- 5. to cause distress
- 7. cliff
- 9. any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion
- 11. annoy someone
- 12. overcome
- 14. very small amount
- 15. uncivilized
- 16. to walk with a leisurely gait
- 17. noise
- 19. deep respect
- 22. toilet
- 23. approach and stop somebody
- 25. soothed
- 26. scorn
- 27. dried gourd
- 30. to worm your way into something
- 31. hollowed out canoe
- 33. hatchlings
- 34. list
- 35. stared
Down
- 1. hemp
- 2. mentally less acute in old age
- 3. a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear
- 4. a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc
- 6. to begin to grow or develop
- 8. extremely hungry
- 10. great turmoil
- 13. plant material used for roofs
- 16. be uncomfortably hot
- 18. sluggish
- 20. voice control
- 21. someone who is aging and irritable, crochety, stubborn
- 23. weakend and withered
- 24. worship
- 26. treat with fumes
- 28. feeling of identification
- 29. make cracks in something
- 32. journey