SPELLING DEFINITIONS (week 34)

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Across
  1. 4. A response to something.
  2. 5. To explain or clarify by using examples, pictures, stories, or comparisons.
  3. 10. A feeling of sharing the suffering of someone else, together with a desire to help; deep sympathy.
  4. 13. A large, juicy tropical fruit with sweet yellow flesh, thorny skin, and stiff leaves.
  5. 14. The condition of being protected. The act of protecting.
  6. 16. A juicy yellow-orange fruit similar to a peach.
  7. 17. To the fullest extent; completely. To a degree; rather.
  8. 19. A small red fruit that has many tiny seed-containing growths on its surface.
Down
  1. 1. Not fully grown or developed.
  2. 2. A unit of capacity equal to four quarts.
  3. 3. Dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers).
  4. 6. An oval yellow citrus fruit that has sour pulp and juice.
  5. 7. A curved fruit with sweet, soft flesh and yellow or reddish skin that peels easily.
  6. 8. A large, round fruit that has yellow skin, is related to the orange, and has a somewhat sour taste.
  7. 9. A unit of capacity for liquids in the metric system.
  8. 11. The act or adopting or the condition of being adopted.
  9. 12. Of the color orange.
  10. 13. A unit of capacity equal to 1/2 quart or 16 fluid ounces.
  11. 15. Their own selves.
  12. 18. A group, kind, or class sharing common traits or characteristics.