Across
- 3. preservation; withholding
- 7. muscular
- 9. ill-mannered
- 13. make a mistake
- 17. decay; fade away; get weaker
- 20. prevent; frustrate
- 22. concerned with letters
- 24. against orthodox opinion
- 25. interruption; pause
- 28. speak pompously or dogmatically
- 30. servile; submissive
- 31. a break; intermission
- 32. deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
- 34. cowardly; fearful
- 35. generosity
- 37. an athletic competition with ten events
- 39. weakness; incapacity
- 41. a dominating concern
- 43. spear; spike; javelin
- 45. typified; characterized; personified
- 46. forceful; inflexible
Down
- 1. theft; robbery; stealing
- 2. picture writing
- 4. weighty; slow and heavy
- 5. someone who boasts
- 6. difficult to understand; partially hidden
- 8. restrained; hold something back
- 10. concise; to the point
- 11. sharpness
- 12. middle class
- 14. no long valid
- 15. dignified, correct behavior
- 16. a tonic
- 18. shining; glowing
- 19. believing people act only out of selfish motives
- 21. skillful
- 23. exposing false claims or myths
- 26. fear of heights
- 27. medicinal; curative
- 29. a letter
- 30. calm; collected
- 33. tired; slow
- 36. speak ambiguously; avoid telling truth
- 38. rigid in opinions
- 40. causing debate or argument
- 42. being belief
- 44. stream of verbal abuse
- 47. sharp; pungent