Vocabulary
Across
- 3. (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
- 6. (v.) to incline to beforehand
- 7. bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
- 9. (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved
- 12. (adj.) lacking in restraint
- 14. (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid
- 15. (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
- 17. (n.)a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
- 18. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
- 20. to seize for military or official use
Down
- 1. (v.) to let go, give up
- 2. (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
- 4. (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
- 5. (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
- 8. (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
- 10. (n.)a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
- 11. careful, cautious
- 13. (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
- 16. (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
- 19. (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed