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Middle school crossword worksheets bridge everyday vocabulary and academic language for students aged 11–14. Clues involve definitions, synonyms, and context sentences at A2–B1 level. Topics span science, geography, history, literature, and social studies — ideal for cross-subject vocabulary reinforcement.
Middle School Part 1 Crossword
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4. A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
6. The study of past events, especially in human affairs.
8. The action of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable activity.
10. The method of human communication, either spoken or written.
11. A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or task.
14. The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
15. The accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
17. Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
18. A formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary.
19. The branch of science that deals with the properties, composition, and structure of substances.
20. A task or situation that tests someone's abilities.
21. The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.
22. The necessary items for a particular purpose.
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1. Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education.
2. A new, useful process, machine, or improvement.
3. A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
5. An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.
7. The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
9. A scientific procedure to make a discovery or test a hypothesis.
12. The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
13. The action or process of finding or learning something for the first time.
16. The study of the physical features of the earth.
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Middle School Part 2 Crossword
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2. Possession of the means or skill to do something.
4. Have an effect on; make a difference to.
5. All of the people born and living at about the same time.
9. A public display of works of art or other items of interest.
10. The action or process of adding something to something else.
11. The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
12. Harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling.
14. The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.
17. Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.
18. An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally.
19. All existing matter and space considered as a whole.
20. Make something suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.
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1. Have enough money to pay for.
2. Correct in all details; exact.
3. The process of developing or being developed.
6. A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
7. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
8. All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
12. Regard with respect or warm approval.
13. Successfully bring about or reach by effort, skill, or courage.
15. Causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.
16. Guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action.
18. Confess to be true or to be the case.
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Middle School Part 3 Crossword
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1. Having or revealing natural creative skill.
3. The way that someone or something looks.
5. Suitable or proper in the circumstances.
7. Extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.
8. Able to be used or obtained; at anyone's disposal.
10. An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
11. Experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness.
12. Believe that someone or something is good or acceptable.
13. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
14. Cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest.
15. Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally.
16. A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data.
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1. Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence.
2. An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
3. A formal request to an authority for something.
4. Help someone, typically by doing a share of the work.
5. A formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.
6. A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something.
7. A task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job or course of study.
9. The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event.
12. Make an effort to achieve or complete something.
13. Put things in a neat, attractive, or required order.
14. Join or fasten something to something else.
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Middle School Part 4 Crossword
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2. Exceptionally clever or talented.
6. Personal belongings packed in suitcases for traveling.
7. An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.
11. Very bad or unpleasant.
12. A series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective.
14. A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.
15. Feel or declare that someone or something is responsible for a fault or wrong.
16. The study of living organisms.
17. Courageous behavior or character.
18. Take and use something that belongs to someone else with the intention of returning it.
19. An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
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1. A load, typically a heavy one.
2. An advantage or profit gained from something.
3. Determine the amount or number of something mathematically.
4. The maximum amount that something can contain.
5. The air taken into or expelled from the lungs.
7. A line that marks the limits of an area.
8. Keep away from or stop oneself from doing something.
9. The way in which one acts or conducts oneself.
10. Extending or directly underneath.
13. An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
15. Expose one's country, a group, or a person to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy.
16. At or to the further side of.
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Middle School Part 5 Crossword
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1. A large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack.
2. Concerned with or engaged in commerce.
4. Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
5. A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth.
6. An organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
8. Consisting of many different and connected parts.
10. A verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction.
11. A person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition.
13. An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
14. Bring or gather together things, typically when scattered or widespread.
16. Careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.
17. A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
18. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
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1. A group of people appointed for a specific function.
2. Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.
3. A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.
7. An act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.
8. The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
9. Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
10. A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
11. Unite; merge.
12. A period of one hundred years.
14. A person handling payments and receipts in a store, bank, or other business.
15. Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
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Middle School Part 6 Crossword
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2. A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.
8. Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake.
10. A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people.
12. Give something, especially money, in order to help achieve or provide something.
13. The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.
14. Fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans.
15. Eat, drink, or ingest food or drink.
17. Establish the truth or correctness of something.
18. Be composed or made up of.
19. Keep on doing or being.
20. The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
21. Feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured.
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1. Occurring continuously over a period of time.
3. Give someone good wishes on a happy occasion or achievement.
4. The state or condition of physical touching.
5. In a state of peaceful happiness.
6. Have or hold someone or something within.
7. The building of something, typically a large structure.
8. Think carefully about something, typically before making a decision.
9. An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
10. Living or occurring at the same time.
11. Cause someone to become bewildered or perplexed.
12. The end or finish of an event or process.
16. An abstract idea; a general notion.
17. A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
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Middle School Part 7 Crossword
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1. Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
2. Work jointly toward the same end.
5. A piece of material suspended at a window to form a screen.
6. The ability to do something that frightens one.
7. Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now.
8. Eager to know or learn something.
9. An animal, as distinct from a human being.
10. The expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes.
13. A set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period.
14. Bring something into existence.
15. Willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
16. The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
17. A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
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1. A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
2. Cause someone to believe firmly in the truth of something.
3. A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.
4. Relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society.
5. Free from error; true.
6. Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.
7. Two people or things of the same sort considered together.
8. A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.
11. A child of one's uncle or aunt.
12. A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
14. An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
15. The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.
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Middle School Part 8 Crossword
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1. Resist an attack made on someone or something; protect from harm or danger.
4. Physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
7. Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
8. A female child.
10. An academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination or after completion of a course of study.
12. Become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.
13. Say something in a solemn and emphatic manner.
14. A period of ten years.
16. The latest time or date by which something should be completed.
17. Something, typically money, that is owed or due.
18. A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
19. Clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful.
20. A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly.
21. Win a victory over someone in a battle or other contest; overcome.
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2. Extending far down from the top or surface.
3. A person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.
4. The possibility of suffering harm or injury.
5. Make something look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.
6. The action of defending from or resisting attack.
8. Devote time, effort, or oneself to a particular task or purpose.
9. A structured set of data held in a computer.
10. State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of.
11. Cause someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
15. Come to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.
17. Lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing.
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Middle School Part 9 Crossword
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1. Leave, especially in order to start a journey.
2. Great pleasure.
6. Without being affected by; in spite of.
7. Done consciously and intentionally.
8. Do something or have or show qualities worthy of reward or punishment.
9. Make someone or something late or slow.
12. A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
13. The distance from the top or surface of something to its bottom.
14. Highly pleasant to the taste.
16. Feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
17. Be controlled or determined by.
18. A person qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums.
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1. An insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right.
2. The sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
3. Bring and hand over a letter, parcel, or goods to the proper recipient or address.
4. Make someone feel utterly dispirited or dejected.
5. A spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
6. A division of a large organization such as a government, university, business, or shop, dealing with a specific area of activity.
7. Clearly show the existence or truth of something by giving proof or evidence.
8. Give an account in words of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.
9. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.
10. Very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality.
11. A barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
12. A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest.
15. State that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
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Middle School Part 10 Crossword
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1. A course along which someone or something moves.
5. A book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.
6. A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.
7. Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.
8. A fossil reptile of the Mesozoic era, often reaching an enormous size.
9. The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
11. Have or express a different opinion.
12. Extending or moving from one place to another by the shortest way without changing direction or stopping.
13. Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
17. A point or way in which people or things are not the same.
18. A person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization.
19. Cease to be visible.
20. Discover or identify the presence or existence of.
21. An individual fact or item.
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1. A precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon.
2. Be unlike or dissimilar.
3. Covered or marked with an unclean substance.
4. An unfavorable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness.
8. The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.
9. A book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning.
10. Cause something to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in.
12. A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something.
14. Put an end to the existence of something by damaging or attacking it.
15. Involving or relating to the use of computer technology.
16. Give all or a large part of one's time or resources to a person, activity, or cause.
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Middle School Part 11 Crossword
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1. A collection of objects arranged for public viewing.
4. The action or process of discovering or being discovered.
5. Talk about something with another person or group of people.
7. A deduction from the usual cost of something.
9. Plunge headfirst into water.
12. Fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of.
13. A flat, thin, circular object.
14. Cause someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm.
16. Far away in space or time.
17. Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.
18. Recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.
19. Feel distaste for or hostility toward.
20. A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life.
21. An amount of space between two things or people.
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1. A feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.
2. An area of a country or city, especially one regarded as a distinct unit because of a particular characteristic.
3. A flat, thin, circular object.
6. Recognize or treat as different.
8. Give shares of; scatter or spread.
9. Not honest; untrustworthy.
10. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms.
11. The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
12. The action or process of talking about something, typically in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.
14. Order or allow to leave; send away.
15. Find unexpectedly or during a search.
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Middle School Part 12 Crossword
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1. Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.
2. Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.
4. Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
5. Affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one's faculties or behavior.
6. Let or make something fall vertically.
8. A preliminary version of a piece of writing.
9. On or to a lower floor of a building.
11. A liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.
12. Most important, powerful, or influential.
14. A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
16. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.
17. The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.
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1. A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands.
2. A box-like storage compartment without a lid, made to slide horizontally in and out of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture.
3. Separate or be separated into parts.
4. A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
5. A group or set of twelve.
6. A one-piece garment for a woman or girl that covers the body and extends down over the legs.
7. The action of separating something into parts.
8. Give money or goods for a good cause, for example to a charity.
9. Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
10. Relating to drama or the performance or study of drama.
12. Pull along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.
13. An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.
15. A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
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Middle School Part 13 Crossword
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1. A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
2. Successful in producing a desired or intended result.
5. Wanting to do or have something very much.
6. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.
7. A site for depositing garbage.
8. Obtain money in return for labor or services.
9. Absence of difficulty or effort.
10. The planet on which we live; the world.
11. Fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter.
12. The direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun rises.
14. Relating to economics or the economy.
16. Throughout the course or duration of.
17. Happening or done before the usual or expected time.
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1. Expected at or planned for at a certain time.
2. The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
3. Give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to.
4. The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
5. A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
8. Achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
11. A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.
12. A person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text, particularly a newspaper or magazine.
13. Prepare written, photographic, or other material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.
14. The outside limit of an object, area, or surface.
15. Lacking interest or excitement.
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Middle School Part 14 Crossword
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1. Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
3. Give work to someone and pay them for it.
4. A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
5. The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
7. Cause someone to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
8. Relating to electrons or electronics.
10. Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
11. A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.
13. Used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives that are being specified.
15. A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
17. A person or organization that employs people.
18. A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
19. A vigorous or determined attempt.
20. In addition; besides.
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1. Give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing.
2. Of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.
4. In, at, or to some other place or other places.
6. A person of greater age than someone else.
7. A very large plant-eating mammal with a trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears.
8. A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles.
9. The state of having paid work.
12. Relating to a person's emotions.
14. Choose someone to hold public office or some other position by voting.
15. A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
16. Move out of or away from something and come into view.
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Middle School Part 15 Crossword
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1. The state or process of taking pleasure in something.
3. With no part left out; whole.
6. Strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
7. The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
10. As much or as many as required.
12. Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
14. Provide someone with amusement or enjoyment.
15. A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.
16. Very large in size, quantity, or extent.
17. Make certain that something shall occur or be the case.
18. An act of asking for information.
19. Unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or hostile.
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2. An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
4. Take delight or pleasure in an activity or occasion.
5. Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
6. A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
7. Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
8. A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
9. The branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.
10. A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.
11. Occupy, attract, or involve someone's interest or attention.
12. A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
13. Give someone or something the authority or means to do something.
14. Give support, confidence, or hope to someone.
17. Come or go into a place.
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Middle School Part 16 Crossword
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1. Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others.
4. The single European currency, which replaced the national currencies of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
5. Remove someone from a place of danger to a safe place.
7. A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
8. A thing that happens, especially one of importance.
9. Form an idea of the amount, requirement, or value of; assess.
11. A mistake.
12. A flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter.
14. Set up an organization, system, or set of rules on a firm or permanent basis.
15. Flat and smooth.
16. Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
17. Break free from confinement or control.
18. Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
19. An act of going or coming into a place or activity.
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1. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
2. Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
3. A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
4. A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
6. Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
7. An event or a group of events occurring as part of a larger sequence.
9. The necessary items for a particular purpose.
10. The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.
11. An extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization.
12. A continent.
13. In the same manner or to the same extent.
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Middle School Part 17 Crossword
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1. Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
2. All things.
4. Happening or used every day; daily.
6. A detailed inspection or investigation.
7. The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
8. In or to all places.
9. Deny someone access to or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
10. Not including; other than.
11. Used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description.
12. An act of giving one thing and receiving another in return.
14. Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
15. Not approximated in any way; precise.
16. Every person.
17. At any time.
18. Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to a fault or offense; seek to justify.
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1. A formal test of a person's knowledge or proficiency in a particular subject or skill.
2. A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
3. In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
5. Every person.
8. A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
9. Inspect someone or something in detail to determine their nature or condition.
10. Extremely good; outstanding.
11. The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
13. Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in someone.
15. Used to refer to all the individual members of a set without exception.
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Middle School Part 18 Crossword
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1. A public display of works of art or other items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade show.
2. A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
4. The cost required for something; the money spent on something.
6. A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
9. Send goods or services to another country for sale.
10. Costing a lot of money.
13. Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely.
15. Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
16. Publicly display a work of art or item of interest in an art gallery or museum or at a trade show.
19. A way out of a building, vehicle, or larger enclosed area.
20. Have objective reality or being.
21. Convey a thought or feeling in words or by gestures and conduct.
22. Make an idea, situation, or problem clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
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1. A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
3. A violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
5. The fact or state of living or having objective reality.
7. A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
8. A statement or account that makes something clear.
10. Travel in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
11. Drain someone of their physical or mental resources; tire out.
12. Physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning the body.
14. Very tired.
16. Make something visible by uncovering it.
17. Become or make larger or more extensive.
18. Regard something as likely to happen.
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Middle School Part 19 Crossword
24 words
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Across
1. A structure built over a river, road, or valley.
3. Very unusual or remarkable.
5. The area covered by something.
6. The place where you pay for goods in a shop.
9. Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
11. Strong cloth used for painting on.
12. A large musical instrument with black and white keys.
13. A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it.
15. A path at the side of a road for people walking.
17. A small wooden string instrument played with a bow.
19. A place where goods are bought and sold.
20. A tune or sequence of musical notes.
21. Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.
Down
2. Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.
3. The action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
4. A piece of paper that shows you have paid.
5. Added to an existing or usual amount or object; additional.
7. To a very great degree; very.
8. Covering or affecting a large area.
10. A musical instrument with strings that you play by hand.
14. A broad road in a town or city.
15. A carved or cast figure of a person or animal.
16. A collection of songs or photographs gathered together.
18. The repeated part of a song.
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Middle School Part 20 Crossword
22 words
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Across
2. A set of written or printed pages bound together.
4. A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
6. A day or period of celebration.
9. Plants grown by farmers for food or other use.
11. The hard outer covering of a sea creature.
13. A vehicle or device driven by engines that push out gas.
15. A sheltered place where ships can stay safely.
17. A short video that advertises a movie.
19. An underground passage through or under something.
21. A person who writes a book or story.
22. A huge group of stars in space.
Down
1. A story shown in a cinema or on a screen.
3. A public procession of people or vehicles.
5. A sandy or pebbly shore by the sea.
7. A powerful farm vehicle.
8. A description of imaginary or real events.
10. A large round object that moves around a star.
12. The flat surface where images are shown.
14. A place where people go to watch films.
16. A large farm building for animals or crops.
18. A person who performs in films, plays, or television.
20. A long fictional story in book form.
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Middle School Part 21 Crossword
23 words
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Across
3. The people whose job is to keep order and catch criminals.
5. A professional cook.
7. A common green plant covering fields and lawns.
11. A person trained to care for sick people.
12. A place where people do business or paperwork.
14. Objects made from clay and hardened by heat.
15. A brave person, often in a story.
16. Something used to treat illness.
20. A place on the internet with one or more web pages.
21. A person who serves food in a restaurant.
23. A place where flowers or vegetables are grown.
Down
1. A person trained to treat sick people.
2. The action of entering a website or system with an account.
4. A lamp in a protective case.
6. The colorful part of a plant.
8. A liquid dish made by cooking ingredients in water or stock.
9. A table used for writing or working.
10. A person who sees an event happen.
13. A man who rules an empire.
17. The part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
18. A place where patients receive medical care.
19. A small flat piece of medicine.
22. A person who steals.
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Vocabulary Covered
Science & geography terms
Literary vocabulary
Historical events & people
Social studies keywords
Academic connectives
Phrasal verbs (common)
Opinion & argument language
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