Words of the Week

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Across
  1. 3. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be proved
  2. 6. a direct comparison between two unlike things usually with the words like or as
  3. 9. the act of using other people's words or ideas without giving credit
  4. 11. continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failures, or opposition
  5. 12. to find out exactly; typically as a result of research
  6. 13. ask for information from someone
  7. 14. unavoidable; it will happen
  8. 15. not aware or not concerned about what is happening around one
  9. 16. language that appeals to the senses
Down
  1. 1. starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred
  2. 2. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
  3. 4. not certain; hesitant
  4. 5. a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as
  5. 7. to explain the meaning of something; to understand
  6. 8. gives humanlike qualities to nonhuman things
  7. 10. establish or indicate who or what something is
  8. 11. wild and noisy disorder or confusion