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Down: 1) to show contempt for, an in a rule or convention2) regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness (contrition)3) not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern4) truthfulness, honesty7) beginning to come onto being or to become apparent 8) taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth (axiom)9) to loudly attack denounce 11) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness 12) poverty, destitution15) deserving blame (culpability)17) daring and fearless, recklessly bold (audacity)18) violating accepted dogma or convention (heresy)19) of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary 21) marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness22) overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) taking liberities23) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous25) well spoken, expressive, articulate (eloquence)26) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing 27) characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste28) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (equivocal)30) artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication33) to praise highly (laudatory)34) revealing no emotion36) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste, expert39) inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable 40) coming into being, in early developmental stages41) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade, a long, pompous speech42) to make worse or more severe45) conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound47) diligent, persistent, hardworking50) without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland51) one that precedes and indicated or announces another52) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed55) an overabundance, surplus56) the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty (mendacious)57) rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage62) smallness of quantity or number, scarcity, a lack65) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving66) to question or oppose67) to make or become thin, less dense, to refine Across: 2) an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness (cynical)5) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (ebullient)6) happening by accident or chance10) annoyance, irritation (vex)13) intended to teach or instruct14) eager and enthusiastic willingness16) the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion20) to state as fact, to declare or assert24) pure, uncorrupted, clean26) harsh, jarring, discordant sound, dissonance (cacophonous)28) very learned, scholarly (erudition)29) to rot, to decay and give off a foul odor (putrid)30) one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions31) cursory, done without care or interest32) an expression of praise34) hastily or rashly energetic, impulsive and vehement35) practical rather than idealistic37) recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish38) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (canonical)43) to combine several elements into a whole (amalgamation)44) authoritative permission or approval, a penalty intended to enforce compliance, to give permission or authority to46) to calm or soothe, to reduce in emotional intensity48) an overabundant supply, excess, to feed or supply to excess49) to obstruct or block53) to fail to honor a commitment, to go back on a promise54) polite or appropriate conduct or behavior (decorous)58) unmoving, lethargic, sluggish59) penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous60) fervent, ardent, impassioned, devoted to a cause61) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party63) exonerate, to clear of blame64) to use harsh condemnatory language, to abuse or censure severely or abusively, berate68) to take the place of, supersede69) to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify70) greed, esp. for wealth (avaricious)71) to disprove, to successfully argue against72) to dress up, to primp, to groom oneself with elaborate care73) relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter74) brief and concise in wording75) acting with excessive hate or impulse or to cause or happen before anticipated or required.
 

 

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