unit 11 level d vocabulary words

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Across
  1. 7. free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding, knowing, aware, cultivated
  2. 8. to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement; concur; agree
  3. 10. decline, degenerate, debase
  4. 12. detached or disconnected in style or sound, abrupt
  5. 13. unyielding, harsh, without pity, stern, merciless, persistent Antonyms: merciful, accommodating, indulgence
  6. 16. a lessening in value; a belittling, cheapening, lowering
  7. 19. to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back, flinch; kickback
  8. 20. to prevent by acting first, hinder, thwart, preclude, ward off
Down
  1. 1. to tell, reveal, to make public, disclose, impart, spill the beans, “leak”
  2. 2. sober or serious in manner; modest, shy, sedate, seemly, decorous
  3. 3. a small stream, creek, rill
  4. 4. one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief, supporter, advocate, exponent
  5. 5. to make up for, regain, recover, retrieve
  6. 6. to lower in quality or value; to wear away
  7. 9. to shake, tremble; to trill, vibrate, shiver, quake, palpitate
  8. 11. shortness
  9. 14. to spend foolishly, misspend, dissipate
  10. 15. an unpleasant smell; to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression, stench; stink, smell
  11. 17. expressing much in a few words, brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point
  12. 18. to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible,jumble, confuse, misrepresent
  13. 21. a law, rule; enactment