Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. increase rapidly.
  2. 7. dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
  3. 9. no longer produced or used; out of date.
  4. 12. an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.
  5. 13. tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.
  6. 15. not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.
  7. 16. absorb all the attention or interest of.
  8. 19. showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
  9. 22. the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
  10. 23. not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Down
  1. 1. speak or act in an evasive way.
  2. 2. imbue (something) with new life and vitality.
  3. 3. make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
  4. 4. done according to a systematic or established form of procedure.
  5. 6. a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting.
  6. 8. of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
  7. 10. a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
  8. 11. behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
  9. 14. actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).
  10. 17. thinly dispersed or scattered.
  11. 18. relating to or consisting of money.
  12. 20. lasting for a very short time.
  13. 21. praise enthusiastically and publicly.
  14. 23. (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed.