Across
- 1. extremely dangerous OR guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
- 3. born of parents not married to each other
- 6. often involved in and eager to start arguments, fights, wars
- 7. evil and cruel
- 8. a king or queen
- 10. reign: to be in control of somewhere, usually a country
- 13. very powerful or successful
- 15. to behave in a dishonest or cruel way to someone who trusts you (= to deceive)
- 18. the story of a book, film, play, etc.
- 19. not frightened of taking risks
- 22. to defeat or remove someone from power, using force
- 24. something that you do to punish someone who has done something bad to you
- 28. describes someone who shows kindness and forgiveness to people who are in their power (≠ merciless, ruthless)
- 29. wanting to do something very much, and not letting anyone stop you
- 30. ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch.
Down
- 2. not caring if you hurt or upset other people when you try to get what you want
- 4. to have a lot of influence or power over other people (= exercise power)
- 5. kind and helpful
- 9. a person who will have the legal right to someone's money and possessions when they die
- 11. the act of not being loyal when other people believe you are loyal (= high treason)
- 12. a person who is not loyal
- 14. when a lot of people or animals are killed in a cruel way
- 16. the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal
- 17. to kill in a violent way
- 20. allowed by the law
- 21. a great amount of killing and injury
- 23. very cruel, bad or harmful
- 25. covered in blood
- 26. a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time
- 27. a person who you dislike or oppose