Vocabulary Puzzles The Fun Way to Ace Standardized Tests

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If necessary, return and complete the crossword puzzle in Step 1.
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Learning Definitions and Using Words in Context
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Vocabulary Puzzles
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Puzzle 11
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. UNPREDICTABLE
5. The Beatles’ “Let It ___”
6. SCOLD
8. Repeated practice to improve 
proficiency*
10. Gangster Capone
12. IMPENETRABLE BY LIGHT
14. Basketball official
15. LOWLY AND DEGRADING
16. Public relations: Abbr.
17. Symbol for copper
18. HARDSHIP; SEVERITY OF 
LIVING CONDITIONS
20. Adorable
22. HONOR OR RECOGNITION
FOR SOMETHING WELL DONE
24. EASILY ANGERED
25. The Colonel’s company
26. GREAT HAPPINESS AND JOY
Down
2. Place to get an ale
3. BITTERLY MOCKING OR 
SARCASTIC
4. Vociferous* cry
5. OBVIOUS IN A DEFIANT WAY
7. Dr. Dre’s music
9. SHY OR QUIET
11. THRIFTY; ECONOMICAL
12. “___ course” (“Sure!”)
13. Month known for precipitation*
16. DULL; ORDINARY
17. Massachusetts Cape
19. SOCIALLY UNREFINED
21. MYSTERY OR RIDDLE
23. Valiant* soldier
24. Viscous* fluid used in writing
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