Across
- 5. a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena
- 6. to block off or stop up with a barricade
- 9. joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic
- 10. to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly
- 12. to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole
- 14. in a mistaken way; wrongly
- 15. one who receives property from an ancestor : one who is entitled to inherit property
- 16. inspiring horror or repulsion
Down
- 1. to deceive by underhand methods
- 2. one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
- 3. a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community
- 4. to oppose successfully: defeat hopes and aspirations of
- 7. to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : LOATHE
- 8. a thought or ideas based on scanty evidence
- 11. somewhat salty
- 13. to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function