Across
- 3. SYNONYMS: harsh, bleak, forbidding
- 6. SYNONYMS: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
- 8. They were too proud to give any___of their financial difficulties.
- 9. (v) to say again, repeat
- 12. (v) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
- 16. (v) to position or arrange, to utilize, form up
- 17. ANTONYMS:frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
- 18. SYNONYMS: gawk, ogle
- 19. (adj) not combed; untidy
- 20. We learned that beneath his ____exterior there was a sensitive, highly subtle, and perceptive mind.
Down
- 1. ANTONYMS: paraphrased
- 2. (n) courage in facing difficulties
- 4. ANTONYMS:definite, conclusive, confirmed
- 5. The twigs that were to be woven into the basket were soaked in water to make them more___.
- 7. (adj) able to use both hands equally well
- 10. The hikers made their way ___ up the steep rocky trail
- 11. (n) an external appearance, cover, mask
- 13. What a tragedy that in the twilight of her life the unfortunate woman should be ____of all her loved ones!
- 14. The recruits rushed into battle so that no one could____at them for cowardice.
- 15. (v) to make larger, increase
