Wonder Pages 174-234
Across
- 2. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
- 5. showing wild, apparently deranged, excitement and energy
- 7. a person who indulges in hypocrisy
- 8. of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.
- 14. the branch of science and medicine concerned with the sense of hearing.
- 17. a greenish-blue color which is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to red.
- 19. a general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.
- 20. say (something) abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption.
- 21. a long, tedious speech by one person during a conversation.
- 23. (in the theater) a person who learns another's role in order to be able to act as a replacement at short notice.
- 24. not giving proper care or attention to someone or something
Down
- 1. having a gently calming effect.
- 3. an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation
- 4. having artificial body parts, especially electromechanical ones.
- 6. lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible
- 9. free from flaws or mistakes; perfect
- 10. loose-fitting trousers gathered at the knee or calf.
- 11. relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries
- 12. a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face
- 13. each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter.
- 15. a model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit.
- 16. (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
- 18. (especially of an old person) active; lively.
- 22. botch or bungle (something).
- 25. believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
- 26. an unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck