Etymology Crossword 1.1

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Across
  1. 2. Many trees that fell to the ground in prehistoric ages have turned into stone over time. The weather conditions _____ the wood.
  2. 3. When you can’t find the words, use a _____ to carry over your feelings to others.
  3. 6. The children watched the butterfly’s _____ with rapt attention. It changed form before their eyes!
  4. 8. Jamaicans speak a _____ of English between one another that sounds very different from the American _____.
  5. 11. When I was younger, I had a fast _____. Even when I ate chocolate cake, my body would throw it over into energy to burn it off.
  6. 12. The thick-skinned family of animals called _____s includes elephants, rhinos, and hippos.
  7. 14. My _____ is that I shake my spoon every time I take it out of my mouth. Do you do something unique?
  8. 15. Officers, let’s _____ our watches, so that we can each arrest our criminals together at the same time.
  9. 16. During WWII, whole populations of people were killed in the _____.
  10. 17. (GREEK) BURN
  11. 18. This book is full of _____s: ninjas did not shoot lasers! The author has his time backwards.
  12. 21. (GREEK) THROUGH, ACROSS, BETWEEN
  13. 22. “Doctor, what’s my _____?” “I’m afraid it will take you three months to recover.”
  14. 24. After I kill my first buck, the _____ [person noun ending in -ist] will arrange the deer’s skin in a lifelike pose.
  15. 28. (GREEK) TIME
  16. 29. (GREEK) SKIN
  17. 31. You can skip the _____ of this book; it’s only a few words before the real story begins.
  18. 32. Frogs and other ______s have lives both on land and in water.
Down
  1. 1. The _____ is the layer of skin that sits upon all the other layers, to protect your body.
  2. 4. Did you just say, “Put a nickel in it”? That’s a unique _____ to tell me to hurry up!
  3. 5. I _____ that the Grizzlies will return to the playoffs this year.
  4. 7. (GREEK) ROCK
  5. 8. After looking through your symptoms, my _____ is that you do not have bird flu.
  6. 9. My brother can write with both his left and his right hand. He’s _____.
  7. 10. (GREEK) AFTER, CHANGED, OVER
  8. 13. After my kidney was removed, I needed _____ to filter through my blood.
  9. 17. The burning acids in my laboratory are _____, but your sarcasm right now is more _____ still!
  10. 19. (GREEK) BOTH
  11. 20. After swimming outside in February, her body heat was below normal. She had the symptoms of _____.
  12. 23. Exxon-Mobil refines the oil that it pumps out of rocks into _____.
  13. 25. (GREEK) ONE'S OWN, UNIQUE
  14. 26. (GREEK) HEAT
  15. 27. That sinus infection last month has turned into a _____ cough. You are sick all the time!
  16. 30. (GREEK) BEFORE, IN FRONT OF