Vocabulary
Across
- 2. to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
- 4. amusingly odd
- 6. required, obligatory
- 7. ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
- 9. to praise
- 13. to repeal, cancel
- 14. slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
- 16. to sharpen, put on edge on; to make keen or eager
- 17. talkative, wordy; fond of talking
- 20. warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
Down
- 1. to fill with dismay or horror
- 2. not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
- 3. to relieve, make more bearable
- 5. generous in forgiving, above small meanness
- 8. an order issued by someone in authority
- 10. to belittle, speak
- 11. the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
- 12. to clarify, explain
- 15. to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline; droop
- 18. a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
- 19. lively, sprightly, full of energy