Up From Slavery Vocabulary (with definitions from Merriam-Webster)

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Across
  1. 2. in few instances : rarely, infrequently
  2. 4. intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind : shrewdly astute
  3. 5. to give in return or retribution : to cause to be or become : make
  4. 6. to join or fasten as if by grafting
  5. 7. one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism: a division of society based on differences of wealth, rank, or privilege
  6. 10. to get possession of (something) : to obtain
  7. 11. to hold fast or stick : to give support or maintain loyalty : to bind oneself to obey
  8. 13. unspoken : understood although not put into words
  9. 14. an attitude or belief dictated by probability : a legal inference as to the existence of truth or fact
  10. 15. an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing by burning, firing, or drying
  11. 16. easily understood or recognized by the mind : obvious : to make evident by showing or displaying
Down
  1. 1. a usually roofed porch attached to the exterior of a building
  2. 3. a change to a lower state or level : the act or process of degrading
  3. 4. of a similar nature or character : of the same ancestry
  4. 8. (hard times)a situation of perplexity or distress
  5. 9. made up of many different people or things : a woolen fabric of mixed colors
  6. 12. belonging to the essential nature or being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing