Across
- 3. a high steep bank
- 4. having striking color
- 5. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- 8. a sudden and complete disaster
- 9. consider in a comprehensive way
- 10. optical illusion in which hot air distorts distant objects
- 11. formality and propriety of manner
- 14. relating to a system where vassals are protected by lords
- 16. things that make you comfortable and at ease
- 19. showing inventiveness and skill
- 20. relating to or being a large and stately residence
- 21. of or belonging to hereditary aristocracy
- 22. confusion resulting from failure to understand
- 24. not sensible, responsible, or wise
Down
- 1. developed by human care and for human use
- 2. perceive, recognize, or detect
- 6. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- 7. unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
- 9. characterized by intense emotion
- 12. get on top of; deal with successfully
- 13. diffusing warmth and friendliness
- 15. a communal dining-hall, usually in a monastery
- 17. make furious
- 18. put an end to a state or an activity
- 23. mental ability