- The Crossword Puzzle is 1 of 8 word puzzles and activities.
- Get a printout of the Crossword. The Crossword answers are also printable.
- Use the word definitions to fill-in the best word choice on the puzzle. All words contain a word roots. Scan and email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
- Common Core alignment to a Crossword puzzle is to three key phrases: "Precise Meaning", "Spell Correctly" and "Grade Level". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Spell Correctly: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: L.2.2d+e, L.3.2e+f, L.4.2d, L.5.2d, L.6.2b, L.7.2b, L.8.2c, L.9-10.2c, L.11-12.2b Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
ACROSS:
# 1 – Showing servile complaisance or deference; sycophantic
# 3 – Renewal; rebirth; period of time between the 14th & 17th centuries of great revival of art, literature and learning in Europe
# 4 – Hard to treat, relieve or cure; not docile or manageable; stubborn
# 7 – Existing from birth; inborn; native; inherent in one’s character
# 11 – Adhesive friction of a body on some surface; deliberate pulling of a muscle to correct dislocation
# 12 – Of or pertaining to a person’s birth; accompanying birth
DOWN:
# 2 – Narrowly confined or devoted to a particular religious faith, denomination or group with a uniting theme
# 5 – Bewildered; deeply agitated; crazed; troubled with doubt or mental conflict
# 6 – To follow in order; to come afterward, esp. in immediate succession; to follow as a consequence or a result
# 8 – To ask or request something earnestly; to beseech; to implore; to beg
# 9 – Part of the essential nature; inherent or belonging to by its very nature
# 10 – Beginning to exist or develop; coming into existence; emerging
