Across
- 5. /perceptible, detectable, considerable
- 7. /conciseness, terceness, pithiness
- 8. /think over, ruminate, contemplate
- 11. /rocky, craggy, blunt, harsh, hardy, tough
- 12. /broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly
- 15. /hinder, thwart, preclude, ward off
- 16. /supple, flexible, pliant
- 20. /low, vile, cheap, sordid, detestable
- 21. /upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chastise
- 23. /marsh, swamp, bog, slough
- 25. /misuse, mistreat, harm, aggrieve
- 26. /supporter, advocate, exponent
- 31. /composed, balanced, mellow, fair
- 33. /arduous, difficult, strenuous, wearisome
- 35. /brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point
- 38. /stench; stink, smell
- 41. /worsen, decline, degenerate, debase
- 42. /bleach, drain, wash out, go white
- 45. /nasty, malicious, virulent, malevolent, poisonous
- 47. /lazy, sluggish, listless, slack, lethargic
- 49. /profane, impious, sacrilegious (adj), flippant Bleak /grim, cheerless, gloomy, desolate, barren Illustrious /eminent, renowned, prominent, celebrated
- 50. /spontaneous, impromptu, off-the-cuff
- 51. /clever, tricky, artful, foxy, cagey
- 52. /messy, untidy, slovenly, slapdash, cursory
- 53. /rule, ordinance, enactment
- 54. /stern, merciless, persistent, unremitting
- 55. disclose, impart, spill the beans, “leak”
- 56. /seek, yearn, aim for, soar
Down
- 1. /battle, dispute, vie, maintain, assert
- 2. /misspend, dissipate
- 3. /treasonous, traitorous, a revolutionary
- 4. /jumble, scramble, confuse, misrepresent
- 6. /mistaken, fallacious, all wrong
- 9. /set loose, unchain, unshackle, unfetter
- 10. /flinch, kickback
- 13. /present, furnish, submit, make, effect
- 14. /abrupt, disjointed
- 17. /sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted
- 18. /dubious, suspicious, incredulous, inclined to doubt
- 19. /undersized, miniature, tiny, compact
- 22. / injure, mar, disable, cripple, enervate
- 24. /cheapening, lowering, devaluation
- 27. retrieve
- 28. /joint, cooperative, combined, consolidated
- 29. /opening, preface, prologue, preliminary
- 30. /shy, diffident, sedate, seemly, decorous
- 32. /knowing, informed, aware, cultivated
- 34. /brash, impudent, conspicuous, protruding
- 36. /insufferable, unendurable, outrageous
- 37. /deport oneself, agree, concur
- 39. /curse, profanity, sacrilege, imprecation
- 40. /artificial
- 43. /brook, creek, rill
- 44. /quiver, vibrate, shiver, quake, palpitate
- 46. /masterful, accomplished, proficient
- 48. /domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, bossy
- 49. /unconquerable, indomitable, insuperable
- 50. /utilize, turn to advantage, misuse
