Across
- 5. cruel and oppressive government or rule.
- 6. unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
- 10. Remedy or set right
- 12. Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
- 13. Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
- 14. act so as to limit or undermine (something); encroach on.
- 15. The literal or main meaning of a word (dictionary meaning)
Down
- 1. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
- 2. Lasting for a very short time
- 3. A feeling or idea that a word has (associated or implied meaning)
- 4. The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong expression of emotion
- 7. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
- 8. Bold and without shame
- 9. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.
- 11. Praise formally or officially