Across
- 2. Ex) She is as thin as a toothpick; I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
- 8. For a period of time, the building of the Statue of Liberty was in ---- due to a lack of funds.
- 9. This word's antonym: laudatory
- 12. This word's antonym: bankruptcy
- 13. In the Hunger Games, Catniss Everdeen will never be presented with ---- events. Being placed in 2 Hunger Games, it seems as though the world is against her.
- 14. Nowadays the political use of the word ---- is most commonly applied to any government made up of nondemocratic elected officials. A ---- imposes strict and often arbitrary rules and laws on the people that are non-negotiable.
Down
- 1. This word's antonyms: ebullient, lively, energetic
- 3. Goths are not characterized to have this quality.
- 4. In Shakespeare's play, "Othello," the main character has a very bombastic and ---- way of speaking.
- 5. If bitten by a tsetse fly, it will cause ---- symptoms.
- 6. Every 9 years, King Minos would send 7 young girls and 7 young boys to a ----, to be eaten by a Minotaur.
- 7. Criminals who commit serious crimes are ---- and somewhat intrepid in inflicting pain unto others.
- 10. ---- are not welcome to leave their ads at our business.
- 11. Playing the piano is not my ----.
- 13. Tom Sawyer has a ---- for getting into trouble.