Across
- 4. (adj) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
- 5. (n) the remove by cutting; (noun) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- 6. to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (noun) ruinous damage, destuction
- 11. (n)/(v) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v) to assign to, credit with; to regard or caused by or esulting from
- 12. highest point
- 15. showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
- 16. to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggest lack of importance or value
- 17. to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (noun) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- 18. a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
- 20. a person who switches to an opposing side or party
Down
- 1. lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (noun) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
- 2. to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or tittle to
- 3. charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
- 7. (adj)
- 8. thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild looking
- 9. (adj lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
- 10. (n) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
- 13. to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (noun) a wet muddy, ot dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or pysical collapse
- 14. to move to and fro, become unsteady: to show lack of firmness or decision
- 19. a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue