Across
- 4. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
- 6. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence
- 8. fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass
- 9. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
- 10. using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor
- 12. greatly astonish or amaze
- 14. to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
- 16. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
Down
- 1. in an illogical or unreasonable manner
- 2. no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
- 3. not easily upset or excited
- 5. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation
- 7. authoritative counsel or warning
- 11. engage in conversation
- 13. having many curves and turns
- 15. extreme physical or mental suffering