The Chrysalids Vocab (Chaps 1-6)
Across
- 5. To command, ordain, or decide by decree
- 7. Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless
- 8. Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
- 10. The act of saving or protecting from harm or destruction
- 12. Full of fear; timid
- 13. Counsel, advise, or caution; a gentle reproof
- 17. A deadly or virulent epidemic disease
- 18. A commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct
- 20. To make pure; free from anything that debases or pollutes
- 21. The state of being completely forgotten or unknown
- 26. Recquital according to merits or deserts; especially for evil-doing
- 27. A punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin
- 28. Sterile; incapable of producing offspring
Down
- 1. Death; termination of existence or operation
- 2. Characterized by financial success or good fortune
- 3. Departure from a standard or norm
- 4. Recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome
- 6. To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter
- 9. To devise; make up; contrive (plan)
- 11. Pleasantly calm or peaceful; tranquil
- 12. Grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering
- 14. Disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
- 15. To jar, shake, or cause to move as if by a sudden rough thrust
- 16. Something left out, not done, or neglected
- 18. Of great weight; heavy; massive
- 19. Boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted
- 21. Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
- 22. Arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur or strength
- 23. Seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis
- 24. Unmindful; unconscious; unaware
- 25. Any belief that is strongly at variance with established beliefs