Across
- 2. defender, protector, or keeper
- 4. intense brightness of light
- 6. formal and dignified
- 10. giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
- 12. feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation
- 14. consciously and intentionally; on purpose
Down
- 1. fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
- 3. lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated
- 5. feeling or showing gratitude or pleasure
- 6. the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
- 7. having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky
- 8. comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment
- 9. combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole
- 11. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
- 13. in a way that involves physical strength, effort, or energy; strenuously