Across
- 7. publicly ridicule
- 10. not giving up something
- 11. The crusty, __________ old man bellowed at the children as they walked past his house.
- 12. antonym for agree or cave in
- 13. foolish
- 15. synonym for scam
Down
- 1. Antonym for condemnation
- 2. The novel, ____ with humor and drama, rocketed up the best-sellers' charts.
- 3. synonym for mock or insult
- 4. very harmful
- 5. arrogant superiority
- 6. profane talk about holy or sacred things
- 8. refrain from doing
- 9. The mortgage industry's financial ______ as wounded the entire nation's economy.
- 14. not fun, exhaustion cause by boredom