Across
- 2. receive into the mind and retain; take in liquids
- 5. Emotional release
- 8. useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
- 10. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently
- 11. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; used of idealized country life
- 12. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike; a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- 14. express criticism towards
- 15. using or containing too many words; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- 16. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; overtaken by night or darkness
- 19. Fear
- 20. emotionally hardened; having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
Down
- 1. someone who assists in a plot
- 3. a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
- 4. work out; understand; a measure of depth of 6 feet
- 6. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy; a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- 7. any animal that feeds on flesh; a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
- 9. become feeble; lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- 13. to speak or write evasively
- 17. evil fame or public reputation; a state of extreme dishonor
- 18. to harass or torment (a man or husband) by persistent nagging