Across
- 3. an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence
- 4. forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows
- 5. original; unspoiled; pure
- 8. to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand
- 11. to overlook; to permit to happen
- 12. a natural preference for something
- 14. better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme
- 16. to prevent something from ever happening
- 17. to declare; to declare falsely or pretend
Down
- 1. brief and to the point; succinct
- 2. extraordinary; enormous
- 3. an assumption; the basis for a conclusion
- 6. a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some other group or classification
- 7. to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
- 8. to seize something by prior right
- 9. agreeably suitable; pleasant
- 10. wastefully extravagant
- 12. to triumph; to overcome rivals; to persuade
- 13. eager to believe; gullible
- 15. not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous
