Across
- 3. To drink; consume
- 4. Loudly and in a forceful manner
- 6. Excessively harsh; severe; cruel
- 8. The assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses
- 12. An unacceptable or unwelcome person
- 14. The appointment of family to authority without qualification
- 15. Deceitful and untrustworthy
- 17. Sweet or musical (of words)
- 18. A song for the dead, typically sung at funerals
Down
- 1. The most perfect or typical example of a quality
- 2. A person's vocabulary
- 4. Wanting or devouring great quantities of something; gluttonous
- 5. To take possession of something, seize; confiscate; hijack
- 7. A person who falsely claims to have special knowledge of skill
- 9. A person who acts obsequiously to ward someone important for advantage
- 10. The direct opposite of something
- 11. The appointment of friends to authority without qualification
- 12. A moment, speech, song, poem or event evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
- 13. When people are chosen for ability and qualification
- 16. To kneel, lie or crawl on the ground for forgiveness or favor