Vocabulary Unit 2

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Across
  1. 3. unpredictable, irregular, eccentric, inconsistent.
  2. 5. defer, postpone, delay, hold off.
  3. 8. She was wild and _________, her actions lacking restraint of some sort.
  4. 10. profitable, money-making, advantageous, cost-effective.
  5. 11. courageous, fearless, steadfast, gritty, unyielding.
  6. 13. strengthen, build up, reinforce, secure.
  7. 14. increase, grow rapidly, escalate, multiply.
  8. 15. annoy, tease, bait, torment.
  9. 18. good-looking, attractive, fair, stunning, pleasant.
  10. 19. hoot, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, snipe, taunt.
Down
  1. 1. The farm animals ate their ______ quietly, for fear the next strike would be them.
  2. 2. conquer, overcome, compel, rule.
  3. 3. banishment, forcing out, exclusion, ejection, eviction.
  4. 4. This was true, for the major had only made a _____ of going in to deceive the boy, and had made off when the lad was out of sight.
  5. 6. indecipherable, indistinct, unclear, hard to make out.
  6. 7. decent, ordinary, average, standard, dull.
  7. 9. She tried not to _____ her dress, but the mud didn't allow it.
  8. 12. make up, repay, recompense, reimburse.
  9. 16. strange, opposed, extraterrestrial.
  10. 17. concise, compact, precise, curt, abrupt.