Across
- 5. calm, untroubled
- 8. deceitful, sly behavior
- 9. not inclined to talk
- 12. an enlargement, increasing in small measurements
- 15. to hate, detest
- 17. the solemn sound of a bell often indicating death
- 18. to confuse
- 21. honesty
- 24. the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group
Down
- 1. to annoy or pest
- 2. to chain or restrain
- 3. an order or decree
- 4. a gift or blessing
- 6. to strike with force
- 7. extremely joyful, happy
- 10. an appearance or action intending to deceive
- 11. the lowest point of something
- 13. a long speech marked by harsh or biting language
- 14. cheat, defraud
- 16. robust, capable of surviving adverse conditions
- 18. lacking color
- 19. mutually understanding, harmony
- 20. clear, easily understandable
- 22. to humiliate, degrade
- 23. to thwart, frustrate, defeat