Gossip

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune (4)
  2. 5. Disciple of Jesus (7)
  3. 6. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true (plural) (8)
  4. 7. The third book of the Old Testament (9)
  5. 8. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name (7)
  6. 10. Gossip passed around by word of mouth (plural) (6)
  7. 11. An exchange of ideas via conversation (7)

Down

  1. 1. Estrangement from god (3)
  2. 2. The second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery (6)
  3. 3. Fisherman who became one of Jesus' disciples (5)
  4. 4. A misleading falsehood (9)
  5. 9. An inhabitant of the ancient ___ Empire (plural) (6)