English vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
  2. 9. fond of or causing heated arguments.
  3. 12. occurring, operating, or done at the same time.
  4. 14. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
  5. 16. move faster than and overtake (someone else).
  6. 19. make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
  7. 20. (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read.
Down
  1. 1. make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.
  2. 2. satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
  3. 3. acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
  4. 4. a small remaining quantity of something.
  5. 6. deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.
  6. 7. defiant of authority; disobedient to orders.
  7. 8. (of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.
  8. 10. a fierce or destructive attack.
  9. 11. change or cause to change direction abruptly.
  10. 13. (of a boat) overturn in the water.
  11. 15. the crux or central point of a matter.
  12. 17. force or throw (something) out, typically in a violent or sudden way.
  13. 18. (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.