Unit Two Ancient Civilizations

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Across
  1. 4. (noun) an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government; a specified sphere of activity or knowledge.
  2. 6. (verb) make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
  3. 9. (noun) official residence of sovereign, president, archbishop or bishop, or other exalted person.
  4. 10. (noun) a state of stillness, calmness, and quiet in a person or place.
  5. 12. (noun) picture or pattern made with small variously colored pieces of glass, stone, etc.
  6. 14. (adjective) a curve that winds around a fixed center point in increasing circles.
  7. 15. (adverb) as a result of a sudden impulse and without premeditation, without apparent external cause or stimulus.
  8. 16. (adjective) relating to geometry, or according to its methods; (of a design) characterized by or decorated with regular lines and shapes.
  9. 18. (noun) an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
  10. 20. (noun) waste matter, usually carried in pipes or stored in underground tanks.
  11. 22. (noun) the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
  12. 24. (adjective) agreement in feeling or opinion, tuneful; not discordant, forming a pleasing or consistent whole.
  13. 26. (noun) fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city
  14. 27. (noun) person receiving or entitled to receive property or rank from someone who dies.
  15. 29. (adjective) connected with god (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.
  16. 30. (noun) a person engaged to be married
  17. 31. (noun) a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament; the parts of a structure, system, or thing that give it strength or bind it together.
  18. 33. (adjective morally right or justifiable; virtuous.
  19. 35. (noun) a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work; desire and determination to achieve success.
  20. 36. (noun) a formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual or custom.
  21. 37. (noun) showing modesty in behavior, attitude or spirit, not arrogant or prideful.
Down
  1. 1. (noun) infinite or unending time
  2. 2. (adjective) incapable of being penetrated; unable to be affected by.
  3. 3. (noun) a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
  4. 5. (noun) the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury.
  5. 7. (noun) group of lines forming basic recurring metrical division of a poem; a verse.
  6. 8. (noun) a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
  7. 11. (verb) to tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for livestock; to cultivate a plant for food.
  8. 13. (noun) subject or topic or talk, writing, thoughts, or art.
  9. 17. (noun) the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
  10. 19. (verb) bring to life; give (a movie or character) the appearance of movement.
  11. 20. (noun) a specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished academic; a person who is highly educated or has an aptitude for study.
  12. 21. (adjective) subordinate; attitude of service to others.
  13. 23. (noun) the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.
  14. 25. (verb) to attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.
  15. 26. (noun) a protective case of silk or similar fibrous material spun by the larvae of moths and other insects that serves as a covering for their pupal stage.
  16. 28. (adjective) relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health.
  17. 32. (adjective) involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.
  18. 34. (verb) to avoid doing something that should be done.