Across
- 3. a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness
- 7. something that enters as an element into a mixture
- 8. having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty
- 9. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report
- 10. a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism
- 12. a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility
- 13. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
- 15. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd
- 20. a striving in rivalry; competition; contest
- 21. to give up or put aside voluntarily
- 22. to form a hypothesis
- 23. lack of interest or concern
- 25. high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished
- 26. a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful
- 28. lower in station, rank, degree, or grade
- 29. anything, as deceptive words or actions, used to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame
- 33. widely and unfavorably known
- 34. to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right
- 35. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable
- 36. powerful; mighty
- 37. represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence
Down
- 1. to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking
- 2. to emphasize or make prominent
- 4. to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive
- 5. threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous
- 6. at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground
- 7. arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable
- 11. the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism
- 14. emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish
- 16. made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine
- 17. no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning
- 18. physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail
- 19. something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity
- 23. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
- 24. so extraordinary as to seem impossible
- 27. having an extremely bad reputation
- 30. to hold back; hinder; impede
- 31. an impeding, stopping, preventing
- 32. judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect
- 38. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe