Davis' Oasis

This is a crossword puzzle + answer key (2 pages). In another of my product listings, there's a different crossword with the same words and word bank at the bottom. In this listing, there's no word bank, so I personally would use this after students have had more encounters with the words. You're welcome to white-out my small typed name below the puzzle if you wish. A pdf of the list of the following list of words is a free download elsewhere in my store: “The Interlopers” 20 Word Vocabulary Li

These are ten words from Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." Here are the words:RIFLING - Searching in a rough or quick manner DOCTRINES - Principles; teachings OPPRESS - To keep down by unjust use of power COWERING - Drawing back or huddling in fear FURTIVE - Attempting to avoid notice SIDLE - To move sideways, especially in a shy way DINGY - Gloomy, shabby, or dirty TOTTERING - Moving unsteadily, as if about to fall ALCOVE - A recessed cut-out in a room’s wall HOMELY - Lacking in physical beauty or