Vocabulary Riddle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A slight push or shake (5)
  2. 5. An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge (6)
  3. 7. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (7)
  4. 9. Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development (8)
  5. 10. A relatively small granular particle of a substance (5)
  6. 11. To be shiny, as if wet (10)
  7. 12. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking ___ (9)
  8. 14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (4)

Down

  1. 2. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (6)
  2. 3. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts (plural) (6)
  3. 4. Having capacity or ability (7)
  4. 6. Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition (9)
  5. 8. The first letter of a word (7)
  6. 13. Bottle that has a narrow neck (5)