VOCABULARY

4. a particular form or version of a published text
6. receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder
7. Seeming difficult or intimidating
9. causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry
11. extremely large
13. the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. Typically the good guy that has a problem to be solved
15. an event involving large damage on an extremely huge scale.
16. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
17. too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

1. the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal
2. become or cause to become more intense or serious
3. a traditional Jewish snack food consisting of a filling covered with dough that is typically baked, or sometimes deep fried
5. a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.
8. a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common
10. an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence.
12. a pale pinkish orange color
13. a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
14. or sweet potato a large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous root vegetable
16. a figure of speech that directly compares two different things