Vocabulary

1. Lacking confidence or self-assurance (9 letters)
3. Deception or trickery (9 letters)
6. The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in an evasive or indirect way (15 letters)
7. To remove or modify parts considered offensive or objectionable (11 letters)
8. To weaken or drain of energy (8 letters)
12. The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (7 letters)
13. To abolish or annul by authoritative action (8 letters)
14. A sudden realization or understanding (8 letters)
16. Rude or ill-mannered (8 letters)
17. Relating to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War (10 letters)
18. To travel around or across (14 letters)
21. Harmful or damaging (10 letters)
22. To give a false representation or misrepresent (5 letters)

2. Shedding leaves annually (9 letters)
4. Keen insight or shrewdness (6 letters)
5. inclined or eager to fight or engage in warfare (9 letters)
8. A sudden realization or understanding (8 letters)
9. To renounce or reject formally (6 letters)
10. Tending to vanish or fade away (10 letters)
11. A thread-like structure in the nucleus of a cell that carries genetic information (10 letters)
15. Conducive to success or favorable (10 letters)
19. Moderate or self-restraining, especially in eating and drinking (11 letters)
20. To grant the right to vote or franchise (11 letters)