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