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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.

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Down 1.   lenient, sympathetic, enduring, forgiving, easy, kind, thoughtful, advanced, benevolent, indulgent, liberal, charitable 2.   befuddle, craze, throw, bewilder, bewilder, interrupt, perplex, agitate, puzzle, frenzy, disturb, bother, unbalance 3.   journey, sail, trip, cross, pilgrimage, cruise, expedition, shoot, boat 4.   brave, fearless, enormous, mighty, prodigious, staunch, dauntless, valiant, unafraid, sacred, treble, courageous, intrepid, bold 5.   preceding, once, same, past, late, old, anterior, previous, precedent, antecedent, last, once, antecedent, precedent

Across 6.   obscure, grim, sober, bleak, serious, black, melancholy, murky, grim, sad, solemn, delicate, dreary, obscure, dismal, gloomy, baneful 7.   identify with, connect to, cover, mingle, mix, accompany, partner, chain, affiliate with, socialize 8.   full, productive, bountiful, fruitful, plenteous, rich, plenty, abundant 9.   utopian, aspirant, hopeful, irrepressible optimist 10.   delay, unsaddle, exclude, attach, eliminate, dangle, swing, delay, postpone, hang, sling, excommunicate, stay, swing 11.   perverse, bulky, impractical, ungainly 12.   dossier, duplicate, twin, exact likeness