Vocabulary #4

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Across
  1. 2. Lacking in quantity or quality, insufficient.
  2. 6. To leave a place quickly and urgently, especially for safety reasons.
  3. 7. Done secretly or kept hidden, especially for a deceitful purpose.
  4. 8. Overly sentimental or emotional in a way that is insincere.
  5. 11. To consume or eat hungrily and quickly.
  6. 13. To move quickly with short, rapid steps.
  7. 16. Mercy or leniency shown towards someone who is deserving of punishment.
  8. 17. The quality of being stubborn or difficult to manage.
  9. 19. Extremely poor or poverty-stricken.
  10. 20. The quality of being easily deceived or tricked.
Down
  1. 1. Irritability or impatience, often leading to a quick temper.
  2. 3. An external appearance or semblance that conceals the true nature of something.
  3. 4. A meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, often through a medium.
  4. 5. A place of refuge or safety for those in need, often granted by a government.
  5. 9. The reappearance of a trait in an organism after several generations of absence.
  6. 10. A set of rules or guidelines governing behavior in a particular situation.
  7. 12. Bulging or protruding outward.
  8. 14. An incident or action that causes public outrage due to its immoral or unethical nature.
  9. 15. Dull, unimaginative, lacking excitement or originality.
  10. 18. The origin or genealogy of the gods, especially in mythology.