Vocabulary Puzzles The Fun Way to Ace Standardized Tests

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Word:
VAGRANT
Sentence 1:
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Word:
VORACIOUS
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Word:
ZENITH
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If necessary, return and complete the crossword puzzle in Step 1.
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Vocabulary Puzzles
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Puzzle 7
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
1. INTENTIONAL 
EXAGGERATION
5. It’s tasty on chips
7. HAVING A NEGATIVE 
REPUTATION; FAMOUS FOR
SOMETHING BAD
10. SHORTEN OR REDUCE
12. Trapeze artist’s safety feature
14. Allow
16. Domesticated* animal
17. ONE PRETENDING TO HAVE
KNOWLEDGE HE DOESN’T
REALLY HAVE; IMPOSTER
20. Soft fabric used for robes
21. WEALTH AND LUXURY
23. Not at home
25. Baseball player who bats but doesn’t
field: Abbr.
27. FALSE, THOUGH APPEARING
TO BE TRUE
28. Richmond is its capital: Abbr.
29. INACTIVE OR SLUGGISH
Down
1. Sultry*; sweltering
2. SHARP TO THE TASTE
3. Had the deed to
4. MAKE WORSE; AGGRAVATE
5. ODDLY COMICAL
6. NO LONGER FASHIONABLE;
OUT-OF-DATE
8. Museum display
9. INCLINED TO PICK FIGHTS;
QUARRELSOME
11. “Let It ___” (Beatles song)
13. CATEGORY OR KIND, AS IN AN
ART FORM
15. SATIRIZE; PARODY; POKE 
FUN AT
16. MAKE EXTREMELY DRY OR
THIRSTY
18. COMPASSIONATE; SENSITIVE
TO OTHERS’ FEELINGS
19. SOFTENED; REDUCED IN 
VOLUME
22. Agenda*
24. Toward the sky
26. Incensed*; angry
28. LX divided by X
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