Across
- 1. Noun: A newly coined word or expression; the practice of coining new words.
- 5. Adj: (Of a phrase or idea) Lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and stale. Commonplace or overused.
- 6. Verb: To express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement. To criticize sharply.
- 9. Adj: Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. Domineering and haughty. Having a proud and unhumbled manner.
- 10. Noun: Any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes carcinogenesis, the formation of cancer.
- 13. Noun: A strict disciplinarian, especially one who rigidly adheres to rules. A taskmaster.
- 14. Adj: Relating to the sense of smell.
- 15. Noun: A soft, boggy area of land that gives way underfoot; a bog or swamp. A difficult, precarious, or entrapping situation; a predicament.
Down
- 2. Adj: Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
- 3. Adj: Wide open, especially with surprise or wonder. Open-mouthed.
- 4. Adj: Dealing with profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter; difficult to understand; esoteric.
- 7. Verb: To make taunting or sarcastic remarks; to jeer.
- 8. Verb: To laugh at in scorn or contempt; to subject to ridicule or mockery.
- 11. Verb: To kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning. To destroy or surrender a valuable asset, cause, or life for the sake of another cause or belief.
- 12. Verb: To run or jump about playfully. To frolic.