Vocabulary exercise
Across
- 3. Yellowisch and looking unhealthy
- 5. Having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled
- 8. To settle oneself securely or comfortably
- 12. Serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous
- 13. A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband
- 14. Descriptions, memories, etc. that produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind (adj.)
- 15. Economical management; economy; frugality
- 18. Almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry
- 19. To be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done
- 20. Showing that you find a bad or difficult situation slightly funny
Down
- 1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse, used like a taxi in the past
- 2. To assign great social importance to
- 4. Disposed to fight; pugnacious
- 6. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone very much and does not mention anything bad about them
- 7. Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance
- 9. To change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristics of something to change
- 10. The quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject
- 11. A sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained
- 16. Dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people
- 17. Of delicate beauty; exquisite