Across
- 4. to estimate the value of; to measure
- 6. speaking well; articulate
- 10. cunning; deceitfulness
- 12. smug; self-satisfied; overly confident
- 14. extravagant; wasteful
- 16. contempt; intense dislike
- 17. odd; unusual; quirky
- 18. theoretical; lacking substance
Down
- 1. unavoidable; bound to happen
- 2. prejudiced; not neutral
- 3. insincere
- 5. not obvious; hard to spot
- 6. mystery
- 7. disdain; hatred
- 8. to delete objectionable material
- 9. capable of being harmed
- 11. founded on fact or evidence
- 13. moral excellence
- 15. essential; necessary
- 16. to prevent, especially by threatening