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