Across
- 2. If one thing ( )s to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them.
- 3. If you are ( ), you are thinking deeply about something.
- 4. If something happens( ), it happens without any delay.
- 5. ( ) means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
- 7. If you ( ) something such as a change, you refuse to accept it and try to prevent it. (=oppose)
- 9. a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone
- 12. an entertainer who performs difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus
- 13. If you ( ) someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- 14. When jazz or rock musicians ( ), they informally play music that has not been written down or planned in advance.
- 16. a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon
- 18. to help to cause something
- 19. If you do something that is ( ), you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance. (=intentional)
- 21. You can use( ) to describe anything that concerns a person's diet.
- 22. not likely to change or come to an end suddenly
- 23. an unhappy feeling that you have because you have done something wrong or think that you have done something wrong
Down
- 1. If someone, especially an official, ( )s an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth.
- 6. the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
- 8. If you ( ), you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance.
- 10. a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food
- 11. to make it stronger or harder
- 15. very old, or having existed for a long time
- 17. a polite way of saying that someone is old
- 20. If you ( ) certain methods, materials, or expressions, you use them. (=use)