Across
- 6. the action of explaining the meaning of something.
- 8. attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
- 9. something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
- 10. the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt.
Down
- 1. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
- 2. the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
- 3. a strong desire to know or learn something.
- 4. Realism: a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
- 5. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
- 7. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.