Vocabulary activity for Chapter 2 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!
Complete the crossword. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter, but it will effect your grade! Hint: do not put spaces in your answers.
When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
a device (as in a telephone exchange) with a panel on which are mounted electric switches so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected, combined, and controlled
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marked by lack of proper caution; careless of consequences
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a state of feeling
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talk or opinion widely spread around with no known source
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sprightly in manner or appearance; lively
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having greater value or desirability; being preferred
Down:
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to move in or as if in a brisk pace
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a blue-white metallic element found naturally only in combination and used especially in alloys and metals
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a white pill, or tablet, used for relief of pain and fever; pain medicine
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to want greatly; need
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utter loss of hope
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strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events
