Purple Hibiscus Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. to press your lips together and outwards because you are angry or are thinking.
  2. 3. tremble convulsively typically as a result of fear
  3. 5. showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.
  4. 7. speak to someone in a taunting way
  5. 9. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
  6. 11. cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things.
  7. 13. covered with or characterized by grime
  8. 14. happening or moving quickly
  9. 17. fuzzy, unfocused
  10. 20. say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear.
  11. 22. live in or at a specific place
  12. 23. quickly remove sth or someone from it's place (danger or uncomfortable situation)
  13. 24. look or stare that shows no intelligence or interest
Down
  1. 1. not very bright
  2. 4. touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand.
  3. 6. dictatorship
  4. 7. very full of people or things
  5. 8. a person's manner of walking.
  6. 10. violent confrontation
  7. 12. Wind or twist together
  8. 15. marked or shown in order to be very noticeable
  9. 16. press your teeth or accept difficult situation and deal with it
  10. 18. shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
  11. 19. being obligatorily silent
  12. 21. to look larger or rounder than normal