Vocab 8 Crossword
Across
- 2. devotion to the truth
- 7. very principled, very careful and conscientious
- 8. irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross
- 12. using a minimum; concise to the point of seeming rude
- 13. not essential or vital
- 16. a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
- 17. overly attentive, like sycophant, servile
- 18. careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
- 19. an increase in number, multiplication
- 20. exalted, noble, uplifting
- 21. of the same kind
- 22. having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
- 24. confirmation
- 25. based on observation or experiment and not on theory
Down
- 1. to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
- 3. to give in, comply
- 4. inactive, plowed but not sowed
- 5. enthusiasm, fervor
- 6. secret, clandestine, stealthy
- 9. very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away
- 10. ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical
- 11. irreverent, profane
- 14. indisputable
- 15. obvious exaggeration
- 23. a support or prop