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Across 1. _______________________ means exceeding what is required; excess. 5. ____________________________ means holding fast or being persistent. 8. _____________________________ means overly self-important; conceited. 9. ________________________ means never stopping or going all the time. 14. ___________________________ means to mislead or deceive. 15. "Jumbo shrimp," is an example of _____________________________. 16. __________________________ means occurring or happening after death. 20. An _________________________ is an exaggerated statement used for emphasis 21. __________________________ means overly neat or formal. 22. ________________________ is repeated consonant sounds at the beginning or within words 25. ___________________________ means determined in advance by destiny or fortune. 26. _________________________ means to have overcome with fear, intimidated, discouraged. 27. ____________________________ means a person who takes part in a crime. 30. ___________________________ means very brave or fearless. 32. __________________________ means to hold back or ruin. 33. "The sky is crying," is an example of ___________________________. 35. ______________________________ means careless or hasty. 39. _________________________ means bitterly sarcastic. 41. __________________________ means to make up for. 42. _____________________________ means slavery or forced labor. 43. ___________________________ means to make right or correct. 44. _________________________ means sad or dreary.

Down 2. _________________________ is the use of words that mimic sounds 3. __________________________ means easy to understand; clear. 4. An _________________________ is a figure of speech that puts two opposite terms together in the same phrase 6. _________________________ means a lack of government or law; confusion. 7. ___________________________ means complicated or difficult to understand. 9. ____________________________ means not having life. 10. A __________________________ is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined from the meaning of the words that make it up. 11. _________________________ means to cut down with an ax or to hold to. 12. ________________________ is giving human characteristics to a non-human thing 13. "Buzz," "Meow," and "Bang," are examples of ______________________________. 17. _________________________ means to run off and hide. 18. "She saw a sweet sweater at the store," is an example of __________________________. 19. _____________________________ means given to fighting or active in supporting a cause. 23. __________________________ means to give way or yield. 24. "It's raining cats and dogs," is an example of an ____________________________. 28. "The sun is a yellow lemon," is an example of ________________________. 29. A _________________________compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 31. I haven't eaten since two; I'm starving to death!" is an example of _________________________. 34. __________________________ means a temporary relief or delay. 35. __________________________ means to take the place of. 36. "The sun is like a yellow lemon," is an example of ________________________. 37. __________________________ means frightful looking. 38. __________________________ means any state of being held down or bound. 40. A _________________________ compares two unlike things using like or as