Across
- 3. adj. bare, barren, empty
- 6. n. a lack of respect and strong dislike (toward something or someone)
- 7. v. to belittle or speak down to
- 9. adj. actively interested in or enthusiastic about something
- 10. v. to stimulate or incite
- 11. v. to refuse to recognize as true, to cast off
- 12. v. to make worse or increase the severity of
- 14. adj. almighty and all powerful
- 17. adj. downright, utter, total
- 19. v. to think deeply about
- 22. v. to support, strengthen, or fortify
- 24. v. to prove to be reasonable
- 27. v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount
- 28. n. influence or power
- 29. adj. thrilling, exciting, stimulating
- 30. adj. undecorated, plain
- 32. n. the quality of being brief or terse
- 33. v. to give up (usu. power or a position)
- 34. n. the arrival or creation of something (usu. historic)
Down
- 1. v. to put into law or formally declare
- 2. n. disagreement
- 4. v. to involve or include
- 5. adj. publicly shameful or humiliating
- 8. n. a firm belief in something
- 13. v. to be forced to agree or surrender
- 15. adj. firmly established
- 16. adj. cranky, pouty, irritable
- 18. adj. having knowledge or skill (usu. in a particular area)
- 20. adj. not enough in degree or amount
- 21. n. the state of being uncertain or stuck between two or more options
- 23. v. to feel sorrow for; to mourn
- 25. v. to make a secretive or indirect mention of something
- 26. adj. pulled tight
- 31. v. to use up (as in energy or money)
- 35. adj. superior or distinguished; high in position or status