The Giver Ch. 9-15

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Across
  1. 4. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
  2. 6. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence
  3. 8. fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass
  4. 9. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
  5. 10. using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor
  6. 12. greatly astonish or amaze
  7. 14. to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
  8. 16. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
Down
  1. 1. in an illogical or unreasonable manner
  2. 2. no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
  3. 3. not easily upset or excited
  4. 5. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation
  5. 7. authoritative counsel or warning
  6. 11. engage in conversation
  7. 13. having many curves and turns
  8. 15. extreme physical or mental suffering