Across
- 4. believing that people act only out of selfish motives
- 6. causing debate or argument
- 7. active at dawn and dusk
- 8. a cut
- 11. fear of heights
- 13. deliberately make something difficult to understand
- 15. statement giving strong praise
- 16. noisy, attacking speech
- 19. deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
- 20. full
- 23. something subtle; a fine shade of meaning
- 25. gullible; ready to believe anything
- 26. weakness; incapacity
- 27. short-lived
- 29. ill-mannered
- 30. indirect; slanting
Down
- 1. ridicule; spoof
- 2. rough; coarse; harsh
- 3. to agree to; give in to
- 5. payment for work done
- 9. cancel; deny; repeal
- 10. of little value; gaudy
- 12. shining; glowing
- 14. fake; false
- 17. rigid in opinions
- 18. establish firmly in a position
- 21. sharpness (mental or visual)
- 22. ancient weapon (type of gun)
- 24. to counter; make unimportant
- 28. self denying; refraining from indulging