Across
- 4. tedious, wearisome work
- 6. using or requiring great care and effort
- 8. a wise, trusted counselor or advisor
- 11. subject to debate; disputable; doubtful
- 12. mercy; leniency
- 14. pertaining to absolute authority and unquestioning obedience
- 15. a professional purpose to hide the real reason
- 16. to take over illegally
- 18. to intrude in the business of others; to interfere
- 20. to inflict punishment for a perceived wrong; to take vengeance
Down
- 1. to be full of things/ to move in large numbers; to pour out
- 2. practical; concerned with facts and observations rather than theory
- 3. a disadvantage; a loss
- 5. defiant to authority; disobedient; rebellious
- 7. to descend and settle, as after flying
- 9. to tranquilize; to calm
- 10. to scorch or burn the surface
- 13. impenetrable by light; not transparent or translucent
- 17. to beg
- 19. to speak in a montonous tone