Across
- 1. Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest.
- 2. Belonging to the present time; modern.
- 7. Feeling anxious or fearful that something bad will happen.
- 10. Displayed something ostentatiously to provoke envy.
- 12. To imply or suggest an idea in addition to the literal meaning.
- 14. Showing sensitivity and skill in dealing with others.
- 15. To take in and fully understand information or ideas.
- 19. Extremely small or tiny.
- 21. Unfairly biased or distorted in a specific direction.
- 22. A serious or determined effort to achieve something.
- 23. Found or distributed over a large area or among many people.
- 24. Modest about or critical of oneself, often humorously.
- 26. Evoking interest or admiration in a powerful way.
- 27. Showing undue pride in one's own achievements.
- 29. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe.
- 33. An unoccupied position or job available for hire.
- 34. Belonging to an earlier time; in the past.
- 36. Lacking physical strength, especially due to age.
- 37. The existing state of affairs; how things are now.
- 38. Expressed severe formal disapproval of someone.
- 41. To stick, attach, or fasten something to something else.
- 42. Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
- 43. Beginning to grow or increase rapidly.
- 47. To comply with rules, standards, or laws.
- 48. Confident in one's own character and abilities.
- 49. To make someone legally or morally bound to an action.
- 51. Making one extremely angry and impatient.
- 52. Based on what is generally done or believed.
- 54. Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably.
- 55. Experimenting with various methods until success is found.
- 56. A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career.
- 57. To succeed in persuading or leading someone to do something.
Down
- 1. To make or become rough, vulgar, or unpleasant.
- 3. Learning a trade from a skilled employer for fixed wages.
- 4. Coming before something else in time or order.
- 5. Relating to medicinal drugs or their preparation.
- 6. Serving or intended to control or govern an activity.
- 8. Requiring or using great effort or exertion.
- 9. To say or do something to remove someone's doubts.
- 11. Extremely perplexed and confused.
- 13. The parts or sections into which something is divided.
- 16. Involves oneself deeply in a particular activity.
- 17. Destroying completely; putting an end to something.
- 18. The act of thinking about or reviewing the past.
- 20. Having a balanced personality or a variety of skills.
- 22. To attract by offering pleasure or advantage.
- 25. Having an inflated sense of self-importance; self-centered.
- 28. Relating to current events or issues.
- 30. Serving to settle an issue; decisive evidence.
- 31. Authoritative decisions or pronouncements.
- 32. Showing a confident and forceful personality.
- 33. A person or company offering something for sale.
- 35. To choose not to participate in something.
- 39. Happening now; belonging to the present.
- 40. The quality of being extremely thorough or severe.
- 44. A trick or device intended to attract attention or publicity.
- 45. Independent and able to do things for oneself.
- 46. The first public showing or revealing of something.
- 50. Focused entirely on one's own life and ignoring others.
- 53. Chosen in accordance with wisdom or common sense.