Unit 11 vocabulary

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