Across
- 1. read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.
- 10. health-giving; healthy.
- 11. skip or dance about in a lively or playful way.
- 12. cause annoyance or resentment that persists.
- 13. think deeply about something; meditate or reflect
- 14. having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
- 16. (of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.
- 17. a letter (correspondence)
- 19. the shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations.
- 21. (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.
- 23. assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
- 25. unpleasantly or sharply clear; impossible to avoid.
- 28. devote (something) exclusively to a particular purpose.
- 30. bad temper; spite.
- 31. in a clever or skillful way.
- 33. making a show of being morally superior to other people.
- 34. (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change.
- 35. ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.
- 37. prevent from happening; make impossible.
- 38. stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
Down
- 1. win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.
- 2. (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm.
- 3. a letter, especially a long or official one.
- 4. be evidence of; indicate.
- 5. in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.
- 6. having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
- 7. wicked and cruel.
- 8. not honorable in character or purpose
- 9. conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful.
- 15. inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
- 18. a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
- 20. opposition or inconsistency between two or more things.
- 22. humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.
- 24. untimely; inopportune.
- 26. very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
- 27. give assistance or aid to.
- 29. (of a person or their expression) very hard and unyielding
- 32. remove (a need or difficulty).
- 36. a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral.
- 39. physically strong; muscular.
