Q3 Vocabulary List: Short Stories

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Across
  1. 5. Of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry
  2. 6. Slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
  3. 7. Judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature;
  4. 11. Obstruction; hindrance; obstacle
  5. 12. To crouch, as in fear or shame
  6. 13. A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature
Down
  1. 1. Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
  2. 2. Vast; huge; very great
  3. 3. Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable
  4. 4. An impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like
  5. 8. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
  6. 9. Radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
  7. 10. State or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness