SAM -- Vocab 8 (11-20)

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Across
  1. 5. Polls don't often ____ the actual results of elections, but they do create fear and trepidation in voters before they make their decisions.
  2. 6. Meet a grumpy person in the morning, and you've met one cranky person. If everyone you meet is surly, then you are the ____ one.
  3. 8. Senioritis is the official name for soon-to-graduate students who begin to feel ____ about their studies close to the end of their high school careers.
  4. 9. The neighborhood became ____(d) with grilled cheese restaurants, and the new one couldn't get any patrons.
Down
  1. 1. Halloween and horror movies are both filled with the ____, making some people thrilled with the blood and guts and some terrified by the violence.
  2. 2. The bulldozer ____(d) the dilapidated buildings in order to make way for the new construction.
  3. 3. Parental frustration often leads to a ____ of infractions committed by kids who don't care about being good.
  4. 4. The accused man ____(d) his previous confession, claiming to be innocent instead.
  5. 5. There was a ____ of money to fund the actual needs of the Covid pandemic, and so many people now are suffering because they didn't have what they required to thrive.
  6. 7. Snakes ____ off their skin periodically, creating a fresh new appearance when it's all gone.