Across
- 2. foolishness; shallowness
- 3. moderately warm; unenthusiastically
- 6. make sore; irritate mentally
- 7. look down on with contempt
- 10. risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
- 12. arouse by words; advise strongly
- 13. overstate; go beyond the limits of the truth
- 16. close watch over a person, group, or area
- 17. decrease in power or size
- 19. fixed pay for services; salary
- 20. excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please
Down
- 1. west; countries of America and Europe
- 4. overflowing with enthusiasm
- 5. struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner
- 8. specialized skill or technical knowledge
- 9. thrust aside with disdain or contempt
- 11. bewilder; perplex
- 14. read; look at fairly attentively
- 15. compensate for loss, damage, or injury
- 18. movies; motion-picture industry