Crossword Puzzle - Chapters 1-4

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Across
2. (adj) fierce (p.29)
3. (vb.) got smaller, retreated (the past tense of "shrink" (p.25)
5. (n.) someone who assists a woman giving birth (p. 23)
7. (n.) a Sikh temple (p.31)
9. (adj.) pointless, futile, without any result (p.33)
12. (adj.) overpowering, irresistible (p.18)
14. (vb.) praised (in order to gain some advantage) (p.9)
18. (n.) a person's level within a hierarchy, their level of importance (p.11)
19. (adj.) unable to read or write (p.17)
20. (n.) someone who is generally confident or hopeful (p.16)
21. (n.) strong interest in something (p.15)
22. (adj.) rich (p.8)
24. (vb.) cried out harshly (p.3)
25. (adj.) powerful, commanding respect, demanding obedience (p.5)


Down
1. (adj.) weak, easy to attack (p.14)
4. (adv.) suddenly (p.26)
6. (vb.) to water crops (p.8)
8. (vb.) squirmed, twisted (p.22)
10. (n.) the money paid by a bride's family to her future husband's family (p.10)
11. (adj.) bright, strong, intense (p.7)
13. (n.) the feeling of missing home (p.7 & 18)
15. (adv.) cautiously, tactfully, without drawing attention to oneself (p.13)
16. (adj.) unmoving (p.30)
17. (n.) the skin and hair on our heads (p.7)
22. (n.) the uterus, the place where a baby grows inside its mother (p.27)
23. (adv.) with love (p.21)

Frankie Meehan