Across
- 1. To revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
- 4. To deliberately avoid using or abstain from.
- 5. A person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.
- 7. A scarcity or lack of something.
- 9. Decreasing in vigor, power, or extent; becoming weaker.
- 11. Sullen and ill-tempered.
- 13. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
- 15. Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
- 16. A question, especially one addressed to an official or organization.
- 17. Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.
- 18. A large or excessive amount of something.
- 22. About to happen.
- 24. To have an influence on or make a change in.
- 25. A change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
- 26. To put something right; correct.
- 27. A firmly held belief or opinion.
Down
- 2. The combination of components or elements to form a connected whole.
- 3. Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
- 6. Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
- 8. To prevent someone from accomplishing something.
- 10. To read something, typically in a thorough or careful way.
- 12. To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
- 14. To strongly suggest the truth or existence of something not expressly stated.
- 19. To regard with disgust and hatred.
- 20. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- 21. To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
- 23. The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
- 26. Not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.