Across
- 1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- 4. the most important point
- 5. burn to charcoal
- 7. 1) work hard; 2) be agitated; move around in confusion or agitation; 3) moisten or soil
- 8. skillful in physical movements; dexterous; adroit
- 11. 1) making a forecast or a guess about upcoming events; forecasting; prediction; 2) a sign of something about to happen
- 12. 1) a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth; 2) raise trivial objections; cavil
- 13. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; tireless; unflagging
- 14. creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
Down
- 1. corresponding in size or degree or extent; fair; appropriate
- 2. an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance; a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury; indemnity; restitution
- 3. a person of great physical beauty
- 6. being let down or disillusioned by someone or something; disillusionment; freedom from false belief or illusions
- 9. 1) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; frustrate; thwart; 2) a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; 3) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; enhance by contrast
- 10. infinitely or immeasurably small
- 15. 1) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; center; core; essence; gist; 2) spongy, central cylinder of tissue found inside the stems of most flowering plants