Things Fall Apart
Across
- 2. make impure
- 3. not dense
- 5. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
- 8. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
- 10. move down on as if in an attack
- 11. make small or insignificant
- 12. marked by a ready flow of speech
- 14. attract; cause to be enamored
- 15. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
- 16. compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
- 18. without knowledge or intention
- 19. not provident; not providing for the future
- 21. full of juice
- 22. affect with wonder
- 24. hold spellbound
- 26. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- 30. having unsuitable feminine qualities
- 31. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- 33. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- 35. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- 37. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- 38. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
- 39. young and inexperienced
- 40. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
Down
- 1. burn slowly and without a flame
- 4. sink to a lower level or form a depression
- 6. overcome by superior force
- 7. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- 9. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
- 13. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- 17. not lessened or diminished
- 20. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- 23. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
- 25. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- 27. destroy or injure severely
- 28. move or cause to move back and forth
- 29. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
- 32. plausible but false
- 34. unwilling to spend
- 36. vigorous and animated