Across
- 3. severe; constricted; tight; pertaining to scarcity of money
- 4. a serious state of affairs; the condition or point of being joined
- 5. characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
- 6. an authoritative command or order
- 7. to forgive; to disregard an offense; to approve or sanction
- 9. to feel or express sorrow or pit (used with with)
- 11. without skill; inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd
- 13. thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins
- 14. a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
- 17. to conquer; to dominate completely
- 18. to give forms of verbs in a fixed order
Down
- 1. impudent; rude; irrelevant
- 2. hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly
- 7. spacious, roomy, as in a house
- 8. a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water; (usually plural) a difficulty or bad position
- 10. holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief
- 12. showing an orderly relation of parts; sticking together; being able to communicate clearly and logically
- 14. to refrain from something by one's choice
- 15. an added part not essential to the whole
- 16. harsh; severe; a substance that tightens tissues (In medicine, a substance constricting living tissue)