Across
- 2. (adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
- 4. (adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
- 7. (adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause, biased or partisan
- 9. (n.) funeral rites or ceremonies
- 12. (n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
- 14. (n.) a quick road, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid
- 15. (n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
- 16. (n.) a bitter verbal attack
- 19. (v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate
- 20. (n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
Down
- 1. (n.) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.) successive or changing phases or conditions
- 3. (n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
- 5. (adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
- 6. (n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
- 8. (adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
- 10. (v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
- 11. (n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
- 13. (adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
- 17. (adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
- 18. (n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted