Across
- 3. To attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage
- 7. To shock or horrify someone greatly
- 9. Wildly excited or anxious
- 11. To prevent someone from accomplishing a purpose or goal
- 12. To cheat or defraud someone of money or property
- 13. To feel or show great joy or delight
- 16. Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy
- 17. A short story that teaches a lesson
- 19. A faint or wavering light; a glimpse or hint
- 20. To think about something carefully and thoroughly
Down
- 1. To walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant way
- 2. To cause suffering or harm
- 4. To persuade someone to do something by gentle urging or flattery
- 5. The state of being alone or isolated
- 6. Ordinary or commonplace, lacking excitement or interest
- 8. - To love and respect deeply; to worship
- 10. A small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope
- 14. Danger of loss, harm, or failure; risk or peril
- 15. To shrivel or dry up, usually due to lack of moisture or nutrients
- 18. To wait or hide in the shadows, typically for a sinister purpose