The Handmaid's Tale - Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. : a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. (Page xiii - Introduction)
  2. 5. : tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable. (Page 12 - Chapter 2)
  3. 6. : the state or quality of being obscene; ( disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency) (Page 28 - Chapter 5)
Down
  1. 1. : increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. (Page xvii - Introduction)
  2. 3. : of or like a pedant (a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning)(Page 12 - Chapter 2)
  3. 4. : extremely or unusually small. (Page 32 - Chapter 5)