Word of the Day #2

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Across
  1. 3. proper behavior or conduct
  2. 5. an order from the government prohibiting trade with a foreign nation
  3. 8. a false notion or mistaken belief
  4. 10. rough and stormy; violent
  5. 11. the order or sequence of events
  6. 13. the act of subtracting
  7. 15. to have great ambition
  8. 16. to crouch or draw back as from pain or fear
  9. 17. to emphasize
  10. 18. to grow or develop well, to do well
  11. 20. showing great interest or excitement
  12. 23. to honor the memory of someone or something
  13. 24. to be willing to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity
  14. 25. a number or symbol places to the right of and above the expression indicating how many times the expression will be used as a factor
  15. 26. an ornamental figure in the form of a grotesque animal or person projecting from the gutter of a building
  16. 27. an explanation of something by comparing it with something similar
Down
  1. 1. in geometry, a figure that forms a closed curve shape like an oval with both ends alike
  2. 2. to act together to refuse to buy something often as a form of protest
  3. 4. a method of concealing by making it appear to be part of the natural surroundings
  4. 6. very strange or odd
  5. 7. arousing fear, dread, alarm, or great concern
  6. 9. a protein to provide immunity against a toxin
  7. 12. choosing or taking what appears to be the best from various sources
  8. 14. a conversation between two or more people
  9. 17. repetition of the same sounds
  10. 19. loss of hope
  11. 21. a member of a military force that is not part of a regular army and operates in small bangs to harass the enemy by surprise raids
  12. 22. to deceive by trickery
  13. 24. to make known reveal; tell (often used to tell a secret)
  14. 25. to rejoice greatly