Across
- 2. (v.) – to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent
- 4. (n.) – anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind; syn: marvel, phenomenon
- 8. (n.) – the act, process, condition, or result of changing or varying; syn: diversity, alteration
- 9. (n) – approval or sanction; syn: advocacy, backing; ant: opposition
- 12. (v.) - to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law; syn: impede, prevent; ant: allow, facilitate
- 13. (adj.) – of, pertaining to, or affected by metabolism
- 15. (n.) – imperativeness; insistence; importunateness
Down
- 1. (n.) – a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something
- 3. (n.) – any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end; syn: favor, assistance; ant: obstacle, weakness
- 5. (n.) – the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group
- 6. (adj.) – following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive; syn: continuous, running; ant: broken
- 7. (adj.) – flagrant; outrageous; atrocious
- 10. (n.) – training or conditions imposed for the improvement of physical powers, self-control, etc. syn: development, practice; ant: confusion, neglect
- 11. (n.) – adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character (honesty); syn: virtue, purity; ant: deceit, corruption
- 14. (v.) – to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.)