The Watsons Go To Birmingham Vocabulary Puzzle
Across
- 3. faint
- 4. an explosive sound caused by planes moving faster than the speed of sound
- 6. dangerously spinning body of water
- 9. not able
- 11. person who rents property to others
- 14. betraying
- 15. carelessly cut; chopped
- 16. practice of keeping different races or groups of people apart
- 18. very good
- 20. freezing or partial freezing of the body
- 21. master of an art, such as a musical conductor
- 23. listened secretly
- 25. protests in which people refuse to buy someone's merchandise or use someone's services
- 26. public meetings or parades in which people show how they feel about an issue
- 27. widespread
- 28. giving off dangerous levels of nuclear radiation
- 31. randomly; by chance
- 33. a tool used for gripping or bending objects
- 34. between people of different races
- 37. outlawed; forbidden
- 40. moved; sent
- 42. something that is the greatest or highest possible
- 43. on time
- 45. additional or supporting forces
- 47. baseball pitches that unexpectedly change direction
- 49. protests in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave
- 50. marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice
- 51. device for controlling temperature
- 54. understood; realized
- 55. tried hard
- 56. person in a sleeplike state and with a strange appearance
- 57. the tone or level of sound vibrations
- 58. more crafty or sly
- 60. person who is expert in the mechanics of some device or machine
- 61. informal, rapid chatter
- 63. impoverished laborer, especially one who does menial work
- 64. peak; highest point
- 65. privilege that comes from being older
- 66. an informal means of spreading information from person to person
Down
- 1. to bully or threaten
- 2. sense of right or wrong
- 5. correcting angrily; nagging
- 7. in a trance-like state
- 8. made illegal; forbade
- 10. shook rapidly; trembled
- 12. acts of opposing or standing face to face against someone or something
- 13. improve; make better
- 15. unfriendly; threatening
- 17. condition of being spread out or scattered
- 19. smooth floor tiles
- 22. unhappy and irritable
- 24. wanting intensely
- 29. a weapon that shoots fire
- 30. rooms or buildings used for a special purpose, such as restrooms and restaurants
- 32. having to do with sound
- 35. show of prejudice or bias against a group of people or an individual in that group
- 36. had one's feelings hurt; was insulted
- 38. encourage by promising
- 39. delinquent person under 18 who gets into a lot of trouble
- 41. imitate; copy
- 44. get used to something
- 46. killed with an electrical shock
- 48. changed; revised
- 50. inspiring pity
- 52. relating to hygiene, especially a clean water supply
- 53. put up with
- 59. unique
- 62. sticky paper made to catch flies