Across
- 2. boring and stupid
- 5. showy, pretentious
- 7. to praise, to extol
- 11. difficult to see, vague
- 19. having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action
- 20. strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic
- 22. abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity
- 23. understood only by a small group or a select few
- 24. to aggravate, to irritate, to vex
- 27. to praise, to glorify
- 28. strong disinclination, disliking
- 31. sociable and outgoing
- 37. restraint in speech, reluctance to speak
- 39. calm, placid
- 40. inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree
- 42. to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
- 43. one who is insincere or deceitful
- 44. a direct opposite, a contrast
Down
- 1. changing suddenly, fickle
- 2. existing from birth, inborn
- 3. reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme
- 4. act of harming or ruining another's reputation
- 6. to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory matter
- 8. lean; sharp cornered; gaunt
- 9. overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
- 10. unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous
- 12. to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner
- 13. independent, self-contained
- 14. wasteful, a person given to extravagance
- 15. to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation
- 16. to differentiate between two or more things
- 17. common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
- 18. intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy
- 21. to honor, to regard with respect
- 25. to cause, to produce, to create
- 26. harmless, producing no injury
- 29. to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
- 30. quiet, not verbose
- 32. to move upward, to rie from a lower station
- 33. not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand
- 34. to reject, to disown, to disavow
- 35. depression of spirits
- 36. not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
- 38. sluggish, languid
- 41. delicate, elusive, not obvious