Across
- 3. not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
- 4. a person falsely claiming to have special talents or skills
- 6. designed to start fires or conflict
- 9. a noisy disturbance
- 10. persuade by flattery
- 12. (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
- 14. something indicating the approach of something or someone
- 15. moral corruption
- 16. a small flow
- 17. brave and adventurous
- 19. to be unwilling to accept an idea or request
- 21. to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager
- 22. carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
- 25. something that kills pain
- 28. able to endure hardship without showing pain or complaining
- 29. slightly rude in speech or manner
Down
- 1. spoken or done without preparation
- 2. relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
- 5. to drink heartily
- 7. in a ridiculous manner
- 8. secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
- 11. a defensive wall
- 13. make less severe, serious, or painful
- 15. nonsense
- 17. acting or done quickly and without thought or care
- 18. too thin, as in suffering from hunger or illness
- 20. placing too much emphasis on minor or unimportant details
- 23. to gradually decline or waste away
- 24. able to be touched or felt
- 26. smelling extremely unpleasant
- 27. showing a lack of thought or intelligence