"The Watsons Go to Birmingham" Vocab (Chapters 1-4)

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Across
  1. 1. to rival with some degree of success
  2. 6. a performer who uses a stereotyped black dialect
  3. 7. a small device that contains an explosive, which can be thrown by hand or fired
  4. 10. a description or explanation
  5. 13. injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold
  6. 14. lacking in size, fullness, etc.
  7. 15. not friendly, warm, or generous
  8. 16. not capable
  9. 22. occurring spontaneously
  10. 23. prompt
  11. 24. necessary to life or existence
  12. 25. a heavy or prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area
Down
  1. 2. involving a supernatural power
  2. 3. a scented ointment used to scent the hair and scalp
  3. 4. a device that maintains a desired temperature automatically
  4. 5. an intellectual
  5. 8. something that reinforces or strengthens
  6. 9. an eccentric or peculiar person
  7. 11. an eye that squints
  8. 12. a particular account of some matter
  9. 17. to photograph or televise while rotating a camera
  10. 18. a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits criminal acts
  11. 19. expressing intense or strong feeling
  12. 20. to be influenced or controlled completely
  13. 21. paper with a sticky, poisonous coating used to trap flies