Vocabulary Unit 1 Crossword Puzzle

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
to claim or take without right
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
to avoid, shun, keep away from
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
capable of being held or defended