Across
- 5. make a quick clever reply to an insult or criticism
- 6. anxiety or nervousness
- 7. a soft hat tied under the chin
- 9. gradually increase
- 10. the acting out of a past event
- 11. prevent the development, action, or expression of (a feeling, impulse, idea, etc.)
- 13. evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions
- 14. make sb. leave his or her country and live abroad
- 16. face up to and deal with (a problem or difficult situation)
- 18. improper or inappropriate in a striking or shocking way
- 19. in accordance with laws or rules; correct
- 20. foolish act, idea, or practice
Down
- 1. a painted cloth hung at the back of a theatre stage as part of the scenery
- 2. a brief experience of an emotion, typically an unpleasant one
- 3. a meal or party during which food is cooked on a metal frame over a fire and eaten outdoors
- 4. the state of being soft and woolly
- 8. a very predictable or unoriginal thing
- 9. harmful or evil
- 12. the act of making sb. understand sth. or freeing them from false beliefs
- 15. represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form
- 17. an unfilled space or interval; a gap
