Across
- 6. enthusiasm, fervor
- 9. devotion to the truth
- 11. secret, clandestine, stealthy
- 12. of the same kind
- 13. irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross
- 15. irreverent, profane
- 19. not essential or vital
- 20. ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical
- 21. using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude
- 22. based on observation or experiment and not on theory
- 23. obvious exaggeration
Down
- 1. confirmation
- 2. an increase in number, multiplication
- 3. to give in, to comply
- 4. exalted, noble, uplifting
- 5. indisputable
- 7. a support or prop
- 8. careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
- 10. a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
- 14. to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
- 16. having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
- 17. very principled, very careful and conscientious
- 18. inactive, plowed but not sowed
- 19. very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away