Across
- 2. to give in, to comply
- 4. very thin, wasting away
- 6. irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross
- 7. using the minimum of words: concise to the point of being rude
- 10. indisputable
- 12. very principled, very careful and conscientious
- 13. secret, clandestine, stealthy
- 14. based on observation or experiment and not on theory
- 16. an increase in number, multiplication
- 18. of the same kind
- 21. a support or prop
- 23. ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical
- 24. not essential or vital
- 25. enthusiasm, fervor
Down
- 1. having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
- 3. devotion to the truth
- 5. inactive, plowed but not sowed
- 8. careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
- 9. irreverent, profane
- 11. confirmation
- 15. a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
- 17. to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
- 19. overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile
- 20. obvious exaggeration
- 22. exalted, noble, uplifting