Across
- 4. (n) - alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals; social instability caused by erosion of standards and values
- 7. (n) - the elevation to divine rank or status; deification
- 8. (n) - the direct or exact opposite
- 10. (n) - a person or thing that is intensely disliked; a strong denunciation or condemnation; a curse; a formal ban or excommunication imposed by a church
- 11. (n) - a string of conscience or feeling of uneasiness about something one has done or contemplates doing
- 13. (n) - the use of force or threat to compel someone to do something; constraint or difficulty caused by misfortune; forcible confinement
- 14. (v) - to come or grow together into a single mass; to come together as a recognizable whole or entity
- 16. (n) - a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano or by collapse of a volcanic cone
- 18. (adj) - produced by adapting or altering something else; lacking in originality
Down
- 1. (n) - one that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends
- 2. (n) - a sudden change from a dignified or serious style to one that is very commonplace, producing a ridiculous effect
- 3. (adj) - so fine or gauzy that light can pass through; delicate and insubstantial
- 4. (adj) - lacking physical form or shape; lacking organization; formless
- 5. (v) - to treat or present (two or more distinct things) as the same thing; to combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole
- 6. (v) - to expose or ridicule the falseness or exaggerated claims of
- 8. (n) - speed or quickness; cheerful willingness; eagerness
- 9. (adj) - relating to or like twilight; dim
- 12. (n) - a center of attention or interest; something that serves to guide
- 15. (n) - a deep secret; a mystery
- 17. (v) - to be or give a sign of; to indicate or foretell; to engage, hire, or order in advance