Words of the Week

1. a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.
3. interrupt action or speech briefly.
5. the direction in which a compass needle normally points,
7. a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
10. a writer of a book, article, or report.
12. clothes and linens that need to be washed or that have been newly washed.
13. existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.
15. move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
16. a condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night

2. show or explain to (someone) how to do something.
4. the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
6. support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.
8. the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
9. a tree or shrub of temperate climates that typically has narrow leaves, bears catkins, and grows near water.
11. cease to be visible.
14. on one occasion or for one time only.