Across
- 3. to make less (as in quantity, value, or strength) or worse, damage
- 5. to beat or grind into a powder or dust
- 6. to give or be a reason for doing something
- 9. someone or something that provides a benefit
- 11. very excited and upset
- 12. taking or showing great care
- 14. to make or become
- 15. a slender leafless winding stem by which some climbing plants attach themselves to support, something that winds like a plant’s tendril
- 16. with great caution or care
- 17. tending or able to destroy, weaken, or wear away little by little
- 18. to move or fall with great speed or force
- 19. the state of having a healthy and sound mind
Down
- 1. not being conscious or aware
- 2. a small stream
- 4. to give special attention or importance to
- 7. extreme annoyance, anger
- 8. the use of words that normally mean one thing to mean just the opposite usually to hurt someone’s feelings or show scorn
- 10. something that causes wonder or astonishment, to feel astonishment or wonder
- 11. the part of an airplane that holds the crew, passengers, and cargo
- 13. a twisting of the face (as in disgust or pain), to twist the face
