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Across
1 able to move quickly and easily (5)
3 disreputable (6)
5 to inflict disfiguring damage on (3)
6 have a tendency to do something (3)
7 departing markedly from the usual or customary (7)
9 carried out without one’s conscious wishes (11)
10 not making or not based on careful distinctions (14)
13 impossible to dispute (16)
17 deceit by trickery (9)
19 anger, wrath (3)
21 to cover, as if with dots (3)
22 a charge, usually monetary, for something (3)
23 indignation or ill will felt as a result of a real or imagined grievance (10)
27 looking ill, not bright (3)
28 a prophetic sign (4)
29 to officially end a law, legal agreement, practice etc. (8)
30 to live (5)
31 to feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for (3)

Down
1 complete opposite of someone or something (10)
2 using or marked by the use of few words (7)
3 the existing condition or state of affairs (6,3)
4 not in the correct position (4)
5 suggesting of or characterized by expediency, deceit, and cunning (13)
6 existing or available in large quantities so that there is more than enough (8)
8 present or potential but not evident or active (6)
11 to level to the ground (4)
12 an outstanding work of art or craft (11)
14 rough; unrefined (5)
15 of or in the night (9)
16 a surprise attack by a small armed force (4)
18 very similar to something (4)
20 to improve something (7)
22 a deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain (5)
24 to arrange according to class, kind, or size (4)
25 to change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming (4)
26 to draw or pull behind by a chain or line (3)
27 deep distress or misery, as from grief (3)

This crossword puzzle might be kind of difficult – the vocabulary comes from a list of words that are common on the TOEFL test. Give it a try, and see how you do. Have fun, and learn from the words you don’t know!

Across

1. praise for a person or their achievements

4. a situation in which two people, ideas, or statements agree with each other

5. to not do something, especially something enjoyable, because you think it is bad for your health or morally wrong

7. hand or swing loosely

11. take the whole attention, enslave

12. a trick

14. no longer useful, outdated

16. unspoken, silent

19. astonish

21. the ability to think quickly and make good judgments

22. unreasonably impatient or irritable

24. death-like, pale and ill

25. very similar to something

26. looking ill, not bright

27. good at doing something that needs care and skill

28. to hate a type of behavior or way of thinking, especially because you think it is morally wrong

Down

1. to change something so that it can be used in a different way or for a different purpose

2. to repair

3. good enough in quality for a particular purpose or activity

4. angry or threatening behavior or feelings that often result in fighting

6. distress, suffering

8. to praise highly

9. yield, die

10. to make understandable

13. invent, prepare by mixing together

15. rub or wipe out, obliterate

17. to tell or warn someone severely that they have done something wrong

18. take away from, prevent from using

20. to slander

23. to decide officially to give something to someone or use something for a particular purpose