Across
- 3. to drink/consume
- 5. an unacceptable or unwelcome person
- 6. wanting or devouring great quantities of something
- 13. in a loud or forceful manner
- 14. the vocabulary of a person
- 15. a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage
- 17. excessively harsh/cruel
- 18. the assignment of degrees of urgency to illnesses to decide the order of treatment
- 20. directly opposed or contrasted
- 21. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
Down
- 1. deceitful and untrustworthy
- 2. the most perfect or typical example of a quality
- 4. sweet or musical
- 7. to take possession of something
- 8. when people are chosen because of their ability, not because they're family and friends are in power
- 9. evoking a keen sense of sadness (a person doesn't feel this)
- 10. to kneel, lie, or crawl on the ground in order to obtain somebody's forgiveness
- 11. a song for the dead typically sang at funerals
- 12. the appointment of family members to positions without regard to their qualifications
- 16. the appointment of friends to positions of authority without regard to their qualities
- 19. a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill