Across
- 3. interruption; pause
- 4. exposing false claims or myths
- 5. hidden; covered; buried
- 7. someone who boasts
- 9. difficult to understand; partially hidden
- 10. sharpness (mental or visual)
- 11. tired; slow
- 12. shining; glowing
- 15. medicinal; curative
- 20. servile; submissive
- 22. causing debate or argument
- 24. against orthodox opinion
- 25. believing that people act only out of selfish motives
- 27. a letter (form of communication)
Down
- 1. calm; collected; self-possessed
- 2. middle class
- 3. rigid in opinions
- 6. ill-mannered
- 8. prevent; frustrate
- 12. a tonic
- 13. typified; characterized; personified
- 14. sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)
- 16. concerned with letters; through correspondence
- 17. fear of heights
- 18. weakness; incapacity
- 19. deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
- 21. a break; intermission
- 23. decay; fade away; get weaker
- 26. concise; to the point
- 28. spear; spike; javelin