Vocabulary Puzzles
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Puzzle 4
Step 1: Crossword Puzzle
Work on this crossword for no more than 15 minutes. If an
answer does not occur to
you after you’ve given it some thought, move on. It is possible that you will not com-
plete the
puzzle in the allotted time; it is not important that you do. What is important
is that you work at it conscientiously for the full 15 minutes.
Across
2. BOLD IN A RUDE WAY
6. Garbage boat
9. Bird that’s
a peace symbol
10. ARROGANT PRIDE
12. Ornamental* vase
13. “So long!”
16. GIVEN TO PLAYFUL HUMOR
19. Toy in a model house
20. DISRESPECTFUL IN A BOLD
WAY
23. Trig
or calc
25. CLEVER VERBAL EXCHANGE;
WITTY REMARKS
27. Breakfast drink, as it’s
familiarly called
28. TALK DOWN TO; TREAT AS IN
INFERIOR
29. TV show with trauma* cases
30. Apathetic*; showing little or no
emotion
Down
1. “Person, place, or thing” part of
speech
3. ACT OF GOING WITHOUT
SOMETHING
4. Expunges*
from the text, for example
5. Negative answer
7. OCCURRING REGULARLY
OVER
A LONG PERIOD
8. The ___ (
Smallville network)
11. INCLINED TO BELIEVE
ANYTHING; NAIVE
14. Opposite of
P
.
M
.
15. Succor*
17. SECRET; UNDERCOVER
18. Former
vice president Gore
21. LONG, ANGRY SPEECH
22. AVOID A RESPONSIBILITY
23. Act dejectedly*
24. Open a minuscule* amount,
as a door
25. Littlest of the litter
26. Nefarious*; wicked
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