Unit 8: 8th Grade Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. thin and boy, starved looking; bare, barren
  2. 3. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
  3. 4. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
  4. 5. an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
  5. 10. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
  6. 11. capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
  7. 13. tireless, continuing with vigor
  8. 16. to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
  9. 18. self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
Down
  1. 2. to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, or value
  2. 3. a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
  3. 5. to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line
  4. 6. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
  5. 7. clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck
  6. 8. to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
  7. 9. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
  8. 12. hatred, ill-will
  9. 14. to join at one end or be next
  10. 15. to declare publicly or officially
  11. 17. to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out