The Giver CH 1-12 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The ___ bug kept on flying around my ear, making it hard to study. (synonyms: pestering; annoying; irritating)
  2. 5. We are trying to ___ the cost of production (synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen, be little)
  3. 8. he has gotten a ___ from helping his mother, and spent the extra time taking a nap. (synonyms: respite, postponement, hiatus)
  4. 9. Chefs are very ___, making sure all the dishes are perfectly set with no mistakes. (synonyms: perfectionist; fastidious; precise)
  5. 10. I found a lot of ___ and broken objects inside the old attic.
Down
  1. 1. There is a ___ man standing out of the crowd, as he is very tall and being looked by everyone. (synonyms: obvious, prominent, outstanding, unconcealed)
  2. 3. I had to go to the office for a ___ because I threw trash on the floor and a teacher saw. (synonym: punishment; correction)
  3. 4. My friend was ___ because he got 100% on the test he did not study for. (synonyms: flabbergasted, dumbstruck)
  4. 6. he smirked ___ at me down the hallway, me not knowing something big was going to happen
  5. 7. She ___ the balloon as it floated away, doing it as a dare. (synonyms: renounce, give up, release)