Across
- 3. match or surpass, typically by imitation
- 6. the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
- 11. hardly touching a matter; peripheral
- 12. the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
Down
- 1. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (a word family)
- 2. think deeply about something
- 4. today's the day!
- 5. sentence structure
- 7. writing about visual art
- 8. a unit of grammatical organization consisting of a subject and verb
- 9. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
- 10. the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.