Sixth Grade February Word Masters Mrs. Kelly 15 13 17 18 19 21 22 23 31 25 30 32 38 45 16 24 27 33 35 12 14 28 29 42 44 39 46 Across clever at taking advantage; crafty, cunning,manipulative / done with or showing art or skill / having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling / having too little energy or strength not easily pulled apart / tending to stick /holding fast or tending to hold fast; persistent, stubborn, obstinate a dignified selfconfident manner / a way of carrying oneself a flatfish / to struggle or go clumsily / 'to go lame, collapse" / stagger, fight, struggle full of spirit; lively / spirited 11 chatty, gabby, talkative / having a smooth and fast flow of words in speaking 15 quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous / vigor; vivacity 16 very eager; enthusiastic, zealous / having so much desire for something as to be greedy / 17 to stew gently below or just at the boiling point ; boil 18 a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock. / A persistently clinging or nettlesome person or thing / Any of various rotary cutting tools designed to be attached to a drill / remove, take, take away, withdraw 20 of, relating to, or used in diagnosis / symptomatic, characteristic 21 imly neat and tidy / dapper, dashing, jaunty, fashionable, stylish 22 to make up for; recover / reimburse, compensate / recuperate, recover /withhold, deduct, 24 a slender tower generally coming to a point at the top / the highest point of achievement or development / a high pointed peak / surmount / raise, lift, elevate 25 dandy 37 26 43 11 34 20 36 10 40 41 Down silent by habit; reticent, untalkative, great bravery especially in battle / very great ability / fault, a weakness in character / physical or mental flaw division; separation / lack of harmony; discord / division in or separation from a church or religious body 10 speaking or spoken with careless ease and often with little regard for truth / persuasive, superficial, 12 to go back to a less religious or less moral condition / to go back to a worse condition 13 amble, walk leisurely 14 to trickle or cause to trickle through something porous; filter, seep, dribble, trickle / diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out / recuperate, recover, convalesce 19 to dig or cut a groove in / to drive by force / to cause to come out especially from bed / overcome, defeat / dig, delve, hollow / beat, crush, shell, vanquish 20 an undesirable feature; disadvantage 22 a recurrence of illness after a period of improvement / regress, revert, 23 boil, moil, roil, 23 to stir or shake violently / to produce, move with, or experience violent motion or agitation; stir / a container in which milk or cream is stirred or shaken in making butter / 26 an extremely small or sharp point / to locate or identify exactly / extremely fine or exact 29 the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite 27 to climb awkwardly / scramble, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter 28 the point in the heavens directly overhead / the highest point 31 a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair / an ornamental plume of feathers, tassels, or the like, esp. one worn on a helmet or cap / 34 to deceive by false appearance; trick / bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false / cheat, rip off, chisel 36 a position of control / steer, maneuver, direct, point, head, guide, 37 to dig or labor with a spade / to make a careful or thorough search for information / 38 having or expressing great warmth or depth of feeling / fiery, passionate, ardent 40 to hold or make firm or steady by balancing; hold, carry, bear / to hold without motion in a steady position; hover/ to put into readiness; prepare / put, set, place, pose, position, lay 42 weak from or as if from exhaustion / lacking spirit; listless / lacking force or quickness of movement; slow / lethargic 43 something saved or recovered / relieve, save, rescue, deliver / gather, garner, collect, pull together 44 being strong and vigorously healthy / hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy 45 change, alter, modify / a sharp point that sticks out and backward / an often witty remark intended to hurt a person's feelings 46 to move unsteadily / to stumble or hesitate in speech; stammer / to hesitate in purpose or action; hesitate, waver, waffle the zenith and directly under the observer / the lowest point 30 winding path or course / a turn or winding of a stream / weave, wind, thread, wander 32 a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful action / 33 to use trickery to get what one wants / achieve, accomplish, attain, reach 35 to work or concern oneself lightly or without deep involvement / to wet by splashing / to paddle or play in or as if in water / to reach with the bill to the bottom of shallow water to obtain food / 37 stubbornly determined / persistent, tenacious, unyielding, stubborn, obstinate 39 having or giving a sense of life, vigor, or activity / vivacious; colorful 41 churn or foam as if boiling / be upset or in a state of great excitement / churn, boil, 43 persuasively pleasing : smoothly polite and agreeable / refined, debonair, diplomatic,