Vocabulary Midterm

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Across
  1. 3. (v.) to destroy
  2. 4. (v.) to go away from, leave empty; to make empty; to void, annul
  3. 8. (n.) a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist
  4. 9. (adj.) blocked so that nothing can go through
  5. 11. (adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement
  6. 13. a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or he really is; a two-faced person
  7. 15. (v.) to look over quickly but thoroughly
  8. 17. (adj.) cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims
  9. 21. (n.) a person who attacks violently (with blows or words)
  10. 23. (v.) to keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to refuse to quit even when the going is tough
  11. 24. (adj) unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile
  12. 29. (adj.) friendly, good-natured.
  13. 31. (n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilt of some misconduct; an offender
  14. 35. (v.) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to
  15. 36. (adj.) not permitted, unlawful, improper
  16. 37. (adj.) peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic, grand
  17. 38. (n.) one living permanently in a given place
  18. 39. (adj.) flexible; (v.) to cause to become flexible
  19. 41. (n., usually pl.) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines; (v.) to chain or restrain (as with handcuffs)
  20. 42. (v.) to preserve; to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; to save.
Down
  1. 1. (v.) to fall forward, to overturn, bring about the downfall of
  2. 2. (n.) an idle wanderer; a tramp; (adj.) wandering; irresponsible
  3. 5. (n.) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
  4. 6. (v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness
  5. 7. (v.) to cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to analyze with great care
  6. 10. (adj.) done in an instant; immediate
  7. 12. (v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly
  8. 14. (n.) a line of people waiting for something (v.) to form such a line
  9. 16. (v.) to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with
  10. 18. (n.) something kept in memory of the giver
  11. 19. (n.) one who is against war or the use of violence;(adj.) opposing war or violence
  12. 20. (n.) a steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing forth in quantity; (v.) to flow downward (like a waterfall)
  13. 22. (n.) a note to aid one's memory; an informal note or report
  14. 25. (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts
  15. 26. (v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally
  16. 27. (n.) length of time that something lasts
  17. 28. (adj.) marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow; able to move people emotionally; worthy of pity; woefully
  18. 30. (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness
  19. 32. (v.)to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.)a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
  20. 33. (adj.) easily fooled, tricked, or cheated
  21. 34. (n.)clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration;(v.)to put clothes on, dress up
  22. 40. (v.) to waste time; to be idle; spend more time in doing something than is nessary