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Grade 2 Matching Synonyms (Crossword) <i>uses more difficult words</i>
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Choose the word that is the most nearly the same in meaning as the list of synonyms. A word should not be used more than once.

Word List
arm
before
black
cut
dinner
fish
five
globe
great
hot
leave
nail
old
path
pen
sad
self
show
shy
sly


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15
10185
9
6132
13
7
8
1114
12
Down
1.  slim, clever, adroit, insidious, serpentine, crafty, quiet, deep, canny, smart, tactical, resourceful, lurk, subtle
2.  string, crew, first team, team
3.  performance, evidence, present, emporium, display, offer, bazaar, afford, demonstrate, brag, production, mark, flash, reveal
4.  radioactive, sultry, fiery, passionate, lascivious, baking, devout, ardent, warm,wizard,zealous,zesty, rubicund, concupiscent
5.  unsympathetic, grab, get, collar, grapple, unsentimental, clout, jam, take, zipper
6.  spread, coffee break, party, shower
7.  melancholy, atrocious, filthy, infamous, coal, nasty, jet, ebony, sable, foul
8.  meretricious, pastel, beastly, unhappy, melancholy, flat, dejected, dismal
9.  fool, salmon, pigeon, bill, skin, fish, bone, drum, angle, dupe
Across
1.  quibble, lacking, afraid, meek, short, backward, inadequate, serve, unassured, modest, diffident, averse, dodge, missing, demure, loath, coy
3.  themselves, it, he, mind
10.  slash, gash, mark, abbreviate, crop, best, censor, incise, chisel, cast, anguish, blaze, abridge, pierce
11.  block, beef, bulwark, elbow, backbone, weapon, extension, outfit, gun, equip, gulf, firearm, harbor, invest, creek
12.  large, terrific, illustrious, fat, enormous, prominent, bull, considerable, awful, distinguished, boss, husky, eager, big, excellent, huge
13.  allow, bar, let, cease, will, permit, furlough, malinger, miss, devise, part, desert, except, bequeath
14.  bead, projection, celestial chart, ball, earth, map, bubble, sphere, chart, round
15.  done with, antediluvian, senior, enduring, former, perennial, inveterate, prior, archaic, dated, inveterate, ancient, rundown, venerable
16.  previous, forward, to, ahead, once, ahead of time, already, previously, earlier, prior to, heretofore, hitherto, earlier
17.  route, artery, course, trail, esplanade, pathway, circuit, track, walkway, avenue, trajectory, street, street
18.  copy, cell, rewrite, cage, stable, contain, corral, revise