Across
- 4. to utter taunting words
- 7. cautiously, with great care
- 8. wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
- 9. experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
- 10. the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
- 11. not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
- 13. to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
- 14. to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
- 16. skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
Down
- 1. treachery, deceitfulness
- 2. extremely careful; particular about details
- 3. a wry face, facial distortion
- 5. an external appearance, cover, mask
- 6. peaceable, friendly
- 9. lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
- 12. a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- 15. to praise extravagantly