Across
- 2. talk or write persistently and tediously on a particular topic.
- 4. a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
- 7. excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
- 8. a strodng desire to know or learn something.
- 9. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.
- 12. get or bring (something) back; regain possession of.
- 13. having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.
- 15. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool.
Down
- 1. the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.
- 3. extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.
- 5. rudely brief.
- 6. not certain or fixed; provisional.
- 10. arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
- 11. make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
- 14. stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave.