Vocabulary
Across
- 4. make or become less
- 5. secretly listen to a conversation
- 6. make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear
- 8. depressing; dreary
- 10. start to lose strength or momentum
- 12. having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
- 14. talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense
- 15. a twisted or bent condition, state, or form
Down
- 1. the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle
- 2. standing out so as to be clearly visible
- 3. assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
- 7. a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance
- 8. demonstrating skill and cleverness
- 9. a pleasant sweet smell
- 11. absorb all the attention or interest of
- 13. open resistance, bold disobedience