Across
- 2. a creature that lives by killing; a person who lives by robbing
- 5. living by killing and eating other animals; living by robbing or stealing from others
- 9. open to attack; easily injured physically or emotionally
- 13. an animal that feeds on dead or decaying matter; a person who searches through waste for usable items
- 14. to prove something is genuine
- 15. expressing a low opinion; intended to hurt the reputation of a person or thing
- 16. to search through or pick over, looking for something usable
- 17. wise in a clever or practical way
Down
- 1. the condition of being alone or at some distance from people
- 3. genuine; true
- 4. coming earlier in time; coming before in order or importance
- 6. a choice item of food; great consideration for the feelings of others
- 7. something that is made up in the mind but has no connection with reality
- 8. to kill in order to obtain meat; to kill people or animals in large numbers or in a cruel way; the act of killing in large numbers or in a cruel way
- 10. imaginary; not real
- 11. a bird’s feathers
- 12. moving in a clumsy or awkward way
- 15. to eat up hungrily; to take in eagerly with the eyes or ears