AT THE CROSSROADS
Reading edition
By Helen V. Christ
Small, but plenty of unusual words to tax the lobes of your brain and the pages of your dictionary. Do you like difficult words? However, we have one or two still harder than this one.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Herbivorous fish-like mammal of the Atlantic shores 7 Quick succession of notes from a horn 13 Minor prophet (8th century B.C.) 14 To conceal or store as in the earth; hide 16 A light-yellowish brown 17 A piece of metal that holds another in place, or adjusts a bearing 19 Regret 20 Scot.—“to go” 21 Close to; near by; in; within 23 Little island, especially in inland waters 25 Have a purpose; endeavor earnestly 26 Copper (Chem.) 27 Roam idly abroad; ramble; stray 29 Changeling 31 Priest’s white linen vestment 32 Close; obstruct; hinder 33 Shield or defensive armor, as the mantle of Minerva 35 Mountain range in N. E. Utah 37 Constituting a large number; numerous 38 Heavy textile fabric, made in one piece, to cover a portion of a floor 39 Parasite 40 Part of the verb “to be” 41 Notify or summon 43 Showiness of achievement; brilliancy 45 Bind to secrecy 48 Make, grow, or seem to grow old 49 Exclamation of repugnance or disgust 50 Steep, or soak, as flax 52 Be slow; tardy; late 53 Preposition 54 Suffix used to form present participles 56 Pet or strike softly 58 Abbreviation for “company” 59 Brief poem characterized by exalted feeling 60 Carryall 62 Power of comprehending and judging 64 Slang for “no” 66 Court 68 God (Latin) 70 Betrayal; treachery; or breach of allegiance 71 Now going on; current
VERTICAL
1 Carry out by action, effort, or skill of any kind 2 Part of the verb “to be” 3 Square or rectangular block of wood 4 Largest continent 5 Prefix, from, out of; used before many words beginning with a consonant 6 Auditory organ 7 Belonging to a particular genus or class; definite article 8 Scot: one 9 Flock; brood 10 Bad luck; loss; the worst; also the best 11 Abbreviation for “railroad” 12 Art or practice of foretelling by signs or omens 15 Drinking vessel 18 From Greek “life”: a combining form 20 Protecting crane-arm; jib 22 Something attached 24 Letter in the Greek alphabet 25 Biol: A wing, or a wing-like part 26 Be able 28 Funeral hymn or tune 30 Small seed-eating bird, as a bunting, sparrow 31 The fragrant essential oil extract from rose petals 32 Bark-tanned sheep-skin for bookbinding 34 Woo 36 Nothing 37 Tangled 41 Secure a patent for 42 Gone by; past 43 Biol: An ovum or germ cell 44 Spread loosely for drying, as newly mown grass 46 Resinous substance exuded from an East-Indian scale-insect and used in making varnishes 47 One who advocates or practises egoism 49 French: Fem. gen. “one”; an; 51 Beat; torture; vex; also to harden or prepare 54 Any product of mental apprehension or activity 55 Conjunction 57 Offers 59 Poetic: to open 60 Bar 61 Drink slowly 63 Golf term 65 Conjunction 66 River in Italy 67 Conjunction 69 Prefix (negative)
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