Across
- 4. conducted in secret
- 6. widespread
- 8. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
- 12. an ugly facial expression that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- 18. irritated; annoyed
- 19. standing still; not moving
- 20. expressing sorrow or regret
- 22. very sad; depressed
- 23. sad or mournful
Down
- 1. a frame from which convicted people were hanged
- 2. practicing self-denial
- 3. an animal in the cattle family (cow, bison)
- 4. angry
- 5. dreary; lonely; forsaken
- 7. to be excessively modest; to put oneself down
- 9. to go at a slow, steady pace; stroll
- 10. easily provoked to anger; very irritable
- 11. to lessen grief, sorrow, or disappointment; to comfort
- 13. hasty and without attention to detail
- 14. deficient in quality or quantity; scant
- 15. to irritate greatly
- 16. a wooden puppet that moves with strings
- 17. to suddenly change thoughts or actions
- 21. cheerful; lively; self-confident