Question

tuck everlasting vocabulary prologue- chapter 8
directions: complete the crossword puzzle using the vocabulary words.

melancholy retort elated recede forlorn changeless bovine perversely galling rueful exasperate
veer coop plaintive parson bough meager troupe scornful console tangent jaunty marionette

across

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
2. of poor quality or small amount
3. any of the larger branches of a tree
4. an abrupt change of course
5. organization of performers and associated personnel
6. deliberately deviant
7. sad; filled with gloom
8. a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
9. causing irritation or annoyance
10. having qualities of cows or oxen
11. a quick reply to a question or remark
12. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

down

1. an enclosure made of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
2. having a cheerful, lively, and self - confident air
3. expressing sorrow
4. become faint or more distant
5. remaining the same for indefinitely long times
6. to be filled with joy
7. make worse
8. expressing extreme contempt
9. give moral or emotional strength to
10. marked by showing hopelessness
11. turn sharply

Explanation:

To solve the crossword, we match each clue to the appropriate vocabulary word:

Across:

• 3. A person authorized to conduct religious worship: parson (matches the definition of a parson).
• 6. Of poor quality or small amount: meager (defines something meager).
• 7. Any of the larger branches of a tree: bough (a bough is a large tree branch).
• 11. An abrupt change of course: veer (to veer is to change direction abruptly).
• 12. Organization of performers and associated personnel: troupe (a troupe is a group of performers).
• 13. Deliberately deviant: perversely (perversely means acting in a deviant or contrary way).
• 14. Sad; filled with gloom: melancholy (melancholy describes a sad, gloomy state).
• 17. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer: marionette (a marionette is a string - operated puppet).
• 19. Causing irritation or annoyance: galling (galling means irritating or annoying).
• 20. Having qualities of cows or oxen: bovine (bovine refers to cow - like qualities).
• 21. A quick reply to a question or remark: retort (a retort is a quick, often sharp reply).
• 22. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses: rueful (rueful means feeling or expressing regret or sorrow, including for sins/offenses).

Down:

• 1. An enclosure made of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept: coop (a coop is a cage - like enclosure for animals/birds).
• 2. Having a cheerful, lively, and self - confident air: jaunty (jaunty describes a cheerful, confident manner).
• 3. Expressing sorrow: plaintive (plaintive means expressing sorrow or sadness).
• 4. Become faint or more distant: recede (recede means to move away or become more distant).
• 5. Remaining the same for indefinitely long times: changeless (changeless means unchanging over time).
• 8. To be filled with joy: elated (elated means very joyful).
• 9. Make worse: exasperate (exasperate can mean to make a situation worse, especially in terms of annoyance/frustration, but also in a broader sense of worsening).
• 10. Expressing extreme contempt: scornful (scornful means showing contempt).
• 15. Give moral or emotional strength to: console (to console is to offer emotional support/strength).
• 16. Marked by showing hopelessness: forlorn (forlorn means hopeless or desolate).
• 18. Turn sharply: tangent (In a non - mathematical sense, tangent can also mean a sharp turn, or in the context of the crossword, it fits the "turn sharply" clue. Alternatively, if we consider the mathematical definition, a tangent touches a curve at one point and can be seen as a sharp "turn" - like line relative to the curve, but in the context of the vocabulary, it is used here for the "turn sharply" clue).

Answer:

Across Answers:

1. parson
2. meager
3. bough
4. veer
5. troupe
6. perversely
7. melancholy
8. marionette
9. galling
10. bovine
11. retort
12. rueful

Down Answers:

1. coop
2. jaunty
3. plaintive
4. recede
5. changeless
6. elated
7. exasperate
8. scornful
9. console
10. forlorn
11. tangent