Across 1. History is _____ with many examples of populations out of control. 4. Street sweeping requires a _____ understanding of how a brush works 5. behavior appears to represent social fear and wariness 10. contempt 11. When it came to eating sweets, the young girl's appetite was _____________; she seemed to have a sweet tooth for everything in the candy store. 14. warlike 15. A _____ is a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something. 16. He misses not having enough books because he's an _____ reader. 18. field of domain of activity or interest 19. to create fear by dominating behavior or by being over-awed 20. to convince by gentle persuasion 24. any great number of things massed or considered together; often a crowd of people 25. People want to get away from the _____ of their monotonous jobs. 28. If someone _____another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. 29. A _____ is an especially large amount of something that is often greater than you need, want, or can cope with. 30. She is not a _____ victim of anyone else's actions - she makes her own luck.

Down 2. Deep down, you're really shallow. 3. to predict a future event 5. false attack 6. An_____ person is well-known and respected, especially because they are good at their profession 7. to pester, nag, or annoy 8. fearless; daring; bold 9. brisk, lively action 12. If a place or person is _____ in a quality or characteristic, they are surrounded by it or deeply influenced by it. 13. When the box dropped with the expensive laptop, his father was_____________. 17. Lying about what happened will only____your problems, making them 10 times worse. 21. to use very few words to say something, so that one seems casual or unfriendly or even uncaring 22. Sometimes we ______ things as what we want them to be instead of what they actually are. 23. There is a famous swamp in which thousands of snakes _____. 24. a trace, smattering, slight degree 26. If you _____ someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. 27. There were hundreds of amazing recoveries in the Mayo Clinic’s _____ of medical records