The Crossword of Piquant Verbiage for Acquisitive Students

Dark, Gloomy, Obscure; Lacking in clarity and precision
The antonym of to embrace, to adopt.
To display clearly, to make evident; To provoke
"Come with me to ______ the body."
The________ song was so calm and peaceful that it made the judge at festival cry.
I was___________ by Mr. Mark in the hallway
Desirous of something to the point of greed, intensely eager.
Belief, mental acceptance
Mr. Northrup heaped_____________ on my paper.
The day I see Mr. Ferwerda _____ down the hall will be the day that pigs fly.
Straightforward is an antonym of this word.
In "Slaughterhouse Five" Billy Pilgrim tries to process the____________ bombing of Dresden.
A solemn agreement.
Sometimes I think Mr. Northrup uses complicated _______ just to confuse us.
The King's______is a popular chess move
The ____ of Adrian and Tecumseh results in much interaction between the two cities.
I was _____ fired from my job for sleeping on the job.
I ______ that we should not have homework tonight, but Mr. Northrup still assigned the reading.
Janie was _____ after having to shoot Tea Cake.
A formal statement of commendation; High praise
A good luck charm
Antonym for concealed or hidden
I doubt we will become a ____ society with these presidential candidates.
I tried my best to ______ my words during my presentation.
Antonym of mature, experienced
Synonym for irresponsible, weak
How dare you _____ my opinion!
My heart goes out to the mothers of ______ children.
The ________ crowd was mesmerizing.
I need glasses for my ____ vision.
A whirlpool of great size and violence.
A day without chemistry homework is ____.
I couldn't ______ my feelings for her.
Those wings were quite _____!
Fundamental, basic, developed at the very beginning
His ____ comments landed him in detention.
The scientist's _______ experiments made me look like Grendel!
The _____ sludge in my milk almost made me puke.