Across
- 9. regain or make up for
- 10. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- 11. having knowledge and spiritual insight
- 13. an act passed by a legislative body
- 16. become worse or disintegrate
- 17. spring back; spring away from an impact
- 18. behave in a certain manner
Down
- 1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- 2. never-ceasing
- 3. shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
- 4. expressing much in few words
- 5. a small stream
- 6. give off unsteady sounds
- 7. a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
- 8. the attribute of being short or fleeting
- 12. a decrease in price or value
- 13. (music) separating the notes
- 14. distort or make false by mutilation or addition
- 15. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapor, steam, etc.
- 16. make known to the public information previously kept secret