Unit 12 Reading 1

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Across
  1. 2. To take in or soak up energy, liquid, or information
  2. 5. Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance
  3. 8. A proposed explanation made on limited evidence as a starting point for investigation
  4. 9. Relating to the position, area, and size of things in space
  5. 11. Exceptionally good, or remaining unresolved and unpaid
  6. 13. A formal set of ideas intended to explain something
  7. 16. To show clearly by giving proof or evidence
  8. 18. The act of watching over and directing a person or activity
  9. 20. Of extreme force, degree, or strength
Down
  1. 1. A single human being as distinct from a group
  2. 3. A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development
  3. 4. To emphasize a point, or mental/physical strain and pressure
  4. 6. A task or situation that tests someone's abilities
  5. 7. The state of being logically sound or legally and factually binding
  6. 10. To accept something as true without question or proof
  7. 12. To commit oneself to and begin an enterprise or task
  8. 14. To establish or indicate who or what someone or something is
  9. 15. A periodical publication containing articles on a particular academic topic
  10. 17. To encourage development, activity, or interest in something
  11. 19. Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or strictly accurate