Across
- 5. - (v.) to delay, put off until later
- 6. - brief and to the point
- 7. - To decrease gradually
- 9. - to find fault with angrily
- 13. - (adj.) extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful
- 15. - the most typical, ideal, or important
- 17. - never having happened before
- 18. - importance
- 19. - (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
- 20. - Anger, arouse, bring to action
- 21. - able to recover quickly
- 22. - exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
Down
- 1. - a temporary stay
- 2. - (adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
- 3. - silent; not talkative
- 4. - (v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
- 5. - A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something
- 8. - close examination
- 10. - discomfort or distress
- 11. - (v.) to search through, investigate the contents of; (n.) an active search; a collection of odd items
- 12. - Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex.
- 14. - Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
- 16. - to retreat; to draw back
- 19. - a natural inclination or tendency