Across
- 3. abundant in supply or quality
- 5. to steal
- 6. become less intense
- 7. coarse, unfeeling; stupid
- 8. to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish)
- 12. very demanding; back-breaking
- 13. the author's choice of words
- 14. A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
- 18. greedy desire, especially for wealth
- 19. removed or pulled out
- 20. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 21. artificial
- 22. a model of excellence or perfection
- 23. language Writing that uses the five senses--sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste.
- 24. to be necessary or proper for
- 25. broken down into individual sections or parts
- 27. to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
- 28. very small in amount; meager
Down
- 1. a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song
- 2. striving to make a big impression, ambitious
- 4. assumed without conclusive evidence
- 7. All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
- 9. increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- 10. one sent on a special mission to represent others
- 11. severe or stern in manner;simple, plain
- 15. in low spirits; depressed
- 16. cloudy, vague, indistinct
- 17. a wise person
- 18. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
- 26. performing acts of kindness or charity;doing good