A VOCABULARY TESTER
Reading edition
By Irvan Neckerman
Mr. Neckerman is apparently never happy till he has filled his construction with difficult words. This one is a real trial of verbal strength.
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HORIZONTAL
1 To reveal 7 Scrutinizer 13 Dissimulation 14 To request 16 To despoil 17 American flycatcher 18 Cereal 19 Dwelling 20 Ridge of sand or gravel 21 Assault 23 Tone of musical scale 24 To opine 25 Amorous glance 27 So be it 29 Chosen 32 Feast of the nativity 34 Ribbed fabric 35 Hostile persons 37 To run wild 38 To cheat 39 Sly look 40 Twice 41 Uprightly 45 Bill 47 Passageway 49 Ascend 50 A mass 51 Dexterous 52 Silicate of magnesia 53 Alleged force of mesmerism 55 Nether world (myth) 58 Tone of musical scale 59 Shrinking 62 To cut 63 To brawl 65 To eat away 66 Superficial measure 67 Nest of bird of prey 68 Is contingent upon 69 Sorrows
VERTICAL
1 Having two poles 2 Strong resentments 3 Asseverate 4 Odd 5 Caustic 6 Merit 7 Toboggan for the foot 8 Part of circle 9 Almost 10 To seize 11 Bad 12 Changed appellation 15 Method 21 Foreshowing 22 Carry 24 Witnessed 26 Well bred 28 Excellence 30 A bar 31 Cinerary urns 33 Fold in a garment 35 Increase 36 See 40 Illiberal 42 A hill or mound 43 Burnt material 44 Permits 46 Over and above 48 Sojourn 50 Deposit of sand or gravel 54 Ill-boding 56 Sunken fences 57 Wide mouthed pitcher 58 Long cut 60 A grimace 61 A haunt 63 To sink 64 Raw material
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