vocab
Across
- 2. an introduction at the beginning of a book explaining its purpose, thanking people who helped the author, etc
- 4. one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a train
- 5. a young woman who is not married
- 6. the state of being too proud of yourself and your actions
- 9. a large, angry crowd, especially one that could easily become violent
- 11. a word for a member of one of the groups of people who were the first people to live in Australia, which was used officially in the past, but is now offensive
- 13. a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet
- 14. to go into a place or situation in which you are not wanted or not expected to be
- 17. extremely big
- 18. to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured
- 19. relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
- 21. a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it that is stuck onto a letter or package before it is posted, to show that the cost of sending it has been paid
Down
- 1. extremely good
- 3. to talk for a long time about things that are not important
- 7. is clever at planning something so that they get what they want, especially by tricking other people, or things that are cleverly made for a particular purpose
- 8. very respected and praised because of great importance or great age
- 10. a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port
- 12. a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling
- 15. containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts
- 16. the quality of not being clearly expressed, known, described, or decided
- 20. to preserve a dead body as a mummy