Wordmasters Fall '23

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Across
  1. 5. Length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial
  2. 6. An object in motion that stays in that motion, unless changed by an outside force
  3. 8. Keeping secret because if you told anyone it wouldn't be approved of
  4. 10. A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman
  5. 11. To deny any responsibility or accountability for
  6. 15. To treat a serious matter with humor, lack of respect regarding a serious manner
  7. 16. To change direction suddenly
  8. 17. to be overly theatric or to exaggerate something
  9. 19. Grouchy, hard to please
  10. 21. to show excess admiration or devotion, to flatter someone
  11. 23. Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies
  12. 24. To intensify, increase, or further improve the quality of something
Down
  1. 1. to cancel or postpone someone's punishment, usually death
  2. 2. to refuse to accept or recognize
  3. 3. showing no sign of feeling, emotion, or pain
  4. 4. A person or mental process that is intelligently, analytical, or clear thinking
  5. 7. When someone in a family is murdered, the family of the murdered person seeks vengeance/revenge on the murderer or the murderer's family
  6. 9. Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning, instinctive
  7. 11. A process of managing relations with a potentially hostile country in order to preserve peace while maintaining our vital interests
  8. 12. To declare to be evil or detestable
  9. 13. an architectural style in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries
  10. 14. Felt as if in the internal organs in the main parts of your body, as in a gut feeling
  11. 18. A strict disciplinarian, especially someone who is or was in the military
  12. 20. great wealth or luxuriousness, often characterized by lavishness and abundance of material possessions
  13. 22. To twist or rotate around a vertical axis or to temporarily deviate from a straight course