Across
- 3. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
- 5. reckon; calculate
- 6. hard-working
- 8. lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable
- 9. to provide with written evidence to support
- 11. a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- 13. prone to engage in lawsuits
- 15. to examine, investigate thoroughly; (n.) an investigation; a device used to explore or examine
- 17. a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
- 19. the art of public speaking
- 20. take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
- 22. cut off part of body; prune (a limb)
- 25. in a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves
- 26. a container for the bones of the dead
- 27. to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use something
- 29. a restraint or limit
- 30. graceful or refined in appearance or behavior
- 31. the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something
- 32. certain, not to be doubted or denied
- 33. the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
- 34. to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
Down
- 1. lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable
- 2. related to commerce or trade
- 4. a change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react
- 7. able to be shown to be right or reasonable
- 10. beautifully made
- 12. valuable
- 14. to hold back
- 16. a soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army
- 18. denial of comfort to oneself
- 21. set aside or authorize (such as money) for a particular purpose; take for one's own use
- 23. the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals
- 24. total; unlimited
- 28. put out