Across
- 2. not lasting
- 5. move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
- 6. a pessimistic feeling of distrust
- 7. devoted to raising sheep or cattle
- 8. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- 10. surround so as to force to give up
- 12. model of excellence or perfection of a kind
- 13. marked by temperance in indulgence
- 14. make or work out a plan for; devise
- 15. the dispersion of something that was originally localized
- 16. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
- 17. a force that makes something happen
Down
- 1. being of the property-owning class
- 3. attract; cause to be enamored
- 4. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- 7. polish and make shiny
- 9. locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
- 11. tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
- 12. provide physical relief, as from pain
- 13. diffusing warmth and friendliness