Across
- 3. unpredictable, irregular, eccentric, inconsistent.
- 5. defer, postpone, delay, hold off.
- 8. She was wild and _________, her actions lacking restraint of some sort.
- 10. profitable, money-making, advantageous, cost-effective.
- 11. courageous, fearless, steadfast, gritty, unyielding.
- 13. strengthen, build up, reinforce, secure.
- 14. increase, grow rapidly, escalate, multiply.
- 15. annoy, tease, bait, torment.
- 18. good-looking, attractive, fair, stunning, pleasant.
- 19. hoot, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, snipe, taunt.
Down
- 1. The farm animals ate their ______ quietly, for fear the next strike would be them.
- 2. conquer, overcome, compel, rule.
- 3. banishment, forcing out, exclusion, ejection, eviction.
- 4. This was true, for the major had only made a _____ of going in to deceive the boy, and had made off when the lad was out of sight.
- 6. indecipherable, indistinct, unclear, hard to make out.
- 7. decent, ordinary, average, standard, dull.
- 9. She tried not to _____ her dress, but the mud didn't allow it.
- 12. make up, repay, recompense, reimburse.
- 16. strange, opposed, extraterrestrial.
- 17. concise, compact, precise, curt, abrupt.