Vocabulary List Words

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Across
  1. 3. Giving off light without heat
  2. 9. Untrue or wrong information
  3. 12. Although some critics think the author had a political ____ in her last novel, she insists that there was no secret purpose.
  4. 14. Excellent; above all others
  5. 15. Occurring at the time of most influence
  6. 18. To support for an extended period of time.
  7. 19. To reject by declaration
Down
  1. 1. To get in the way of; to hinder
  2. 2. Unutterable; indescribable
  3. 4. To make clear by explaining
  4. 5. The light of inner peace seemed to ____ the monk's face as he spoke to us. (fill in the blank)
  5. 6. To call on for support
  6. 7. A formal or authoritative statement
  7. 8. Careful; mindful of rules and consequences
  8. 10. Unskilled; clumsy
  9. 11. Hateful or spiteful
  10. 13. To use up; to waste
  11. 15. Were the monsters only a ____ of a feverish brain, or did they really exist? (fill in the blank)
  12. 16. Skilled; expert at
  13. 17. Stubbornly persistent; determined