Across
- 1. ban, curse; something shunned or disliked
- 3. having favorable prospects, promising
- 4. good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
- 5. agreement
- 7. harsh, severe, stern
- 9. gradual recovery after an illness
- 13. warlike, aggressive
- 14. concealed; difficult to comprehend; obscure.
- 20. separate, independent
- 22. an address to the reader or someone not present
- 23. to explain or interpret
- 25. knowing partnership in wrongdoing
- 26. growth in size or increase in amount
- 28. besiege; surround.
- 29. prophecy, prediction of events
- 30. concerned about the general welfare of others; charitable; generous.
- 32. cautious, wary
- 33. to submit completely, surrender
- 35. Introduce; bring up; mention.
- 37. person who cultivates beauty or art; connoisseur.
- 40. stern, strict, unadorned
- 42. nexus; union; meeting: conflux.
- 43. sarcastic; caustic; angry; mordant.
- 45. plentiful; ample; profuse.
Down
- 1. resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds; partial rhyme
- 2. theoretical; complex, difficult
- 3. unselfish concern for others' welfare
- 6. impulsive, whimsical, without much thought
- 8. overcoming distrust or hostility
- 10. hood-shaped.
- 11. using high-sounding but meaningless language
- 12. false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander
- 15. sophisticated, free from local prejudices
- 16. old saying or short, pithy statement
- 17. large, roomy; extensive
- 18. trite; insipid; ordinary.
- 19. agreement; treaty; accord.
- 21. to sprout or flourish
- 24. to agree; comply quietly
- 27. unenlightened
- 31. trickery, fraud, deception
- 34. Careful; cautious.
- 35. group
- 36. to reject, abandon formally
- 38. strict; austere.
- 39. curving inward
- 40. bitter; harsh; caustic.
- 41. cursing, profane, irreverent
- 44. greed