Across
- 3. poise, assurance, great self-confidence, especially when in a demanding situation
- 5. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
- 8. to spread through, penetrate, soak through
- 11. to make something bad or unsatisfactory better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
- 14. to make a violent attack in words, to speak or write about something with strong disapproval
- 15. a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type; a summary of a written work; an abstract
- 17. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n) matters involving the supernatural
- 18. to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height (adj) characterized by excessive haste (n) moisture
- 19. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof
Down
- 1. to urge strongly, advice earnestly
- 2. a long period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
- 4. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
- 5. to make oneself agreeable to gain acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
- 6. to talk about nonsense or childish talk; to ramble foolishly
- 7. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
- 9. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
- 10. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise
- 12. relating to a member of a body who holds a role as a result of their status or another position that they hold; as a result of one's status or position
- 13. one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
- 16. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy