Word Study List #4

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Across
  1. 3. one who spends time cultivating plants and tending a garden
  2. 6. to cover or shield from something that would destroy or injure
  3. 7. a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole word or phrase
  4. 8. the act or process of orienting or of being oriented
  5. 9. a race or contest open to all comers or to a specified category of contestants
Down
  1. 1. something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect
  2. 2. existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance
  3. 4. a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements
  4. 5. one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
  5. 7. to come into possession or control