Across
- 2. a morally corrupt person, to condemn or reject as unworthy, morally corrupt or condemned
- 6. having a strong smell or suggestive quality
- 9. a sudden, violent outburst or fit due to a medical condition or strong emotion
- 12. to publicly condemn or accuse
- 13. charming in a pleasant, innocent way
- 15. to clear from blame or guilt
- 17. a social or physical environment
- 18. to weaken, spoil, or impair
- 19. to speak abusively or defame
- 22. excessively eager to please; fawning
- 24. specialized or obscure language of a group, to use specialized or group-specific language, sometimes with the intention to confuse
Down
- 1. to praise highly
- 3. creating a favorable impression
- 4. an act done to show repentance, to impose an act of repentance
- 5. to reduce or cut back
- 6. brilliantly shining; splendid
- 7. a self-serving flatterer of those in power
- 8. a false written statement that harms a person’s reputation, to publish a defamatory false statement
- 10. a review or reflection on the past, to look back or reflect, reflecting back on past events
- 11. lacking originality; dull or overused
- 14. an urgent or earnest plea
- 16. relating to a god or exceptionally good, a clergyperson or theologian, to discover or understand intuitively or by supernatural means
- 20. having a strong, offensive smell
- 21. to speak in a pompous or rigid way, the office or term of a pope
- 23. weak,slight, or flimsy