Our Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The color of the sky on a clear day (4)
  2. 5. An advantageous purchase (3)
  3. 6. Time during which some action is awaited (4)
  4. 8. The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction (8)
  5. 9. Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern (8)
  6. 11. What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression (11)
  7. 12. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (4)
  8. 13. One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas (9)
  9. 14. A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages (4)

Down

  1. 1. An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence (6)
  2. 2. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (6)
  3. 4. Serving to expound or set forth (10)
  4. 5. An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent (3)
  5. 7. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)
  6. 8. The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression (10)
  7. 10. A characteristic state of feeling (4)