The Call of the Wild Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world
  2. 3. a messenger who transports goods or documents
  3. 5. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
  4. 6. very virulent or infectious
  5. 8. a stupid or careless mistake
  6. 10. of vital importance, crucial
  7. 12. absolutely necessary
  8. 15. an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli
  9. 18. purpose, reason
  10. 21. belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil
  11. 22. involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
Down
  1. 1. British spelling of draft: a current of cool air in a room or other confined space
  2. 2. existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval
  3. 3. feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
  4. 4. a modulation or inflection of the voice
  5. 7. without comfort, unhappy
  6. 9. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect
  7. 11. hostile and aggressive
  8. 13. behavior or speech that displays a lack of good judgment
  9. 14. the action or process of pacifying or placating someone by acceding to their demands
  10. 16. a brilliant red color
  11. 17. a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide
  12. 19. experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
  13. 20. pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely