Across
- 3. verbal, articulate
- 5. division, contrast
- 7. tonsil removal, throat surgery
- 8. spelling, writing system
- 11. destroy, obliterate
- 12. meaninglessness, cynicism
- 17. temple, shul
- 20. male hormone, testosterone
- 21. standing, credibility
- 22. loud, outspoken
- 24. cultural bias, nationalism
- 25. dental specialist, brace doctor
- 26. teaching, instruction
- 27. processor, computing machine
Down
- 1. conventional, traditional
- 2. cultural, racial
- 4. gender-neutral, unisex
- 6. word bank, lexicon
- 9. rabble-rouser, agitator
- 10. argument, disagreement
- 13. massacre, genocide
- 14. free, emancipate
- 15. appendix removal, surgical excision
- 16. cultural study, anthropological research
- 18. corrosive, biting
- 19. burn, sear
- 23. total negation, extreme pessimism