Across
- 5. (noun) the quality of being very determined or persistent
- 8. (verb) to call on someone to be present; sometimes used in an authoritative context, meaning to call on someone for an official meeting or for a trial in court
- 9. (verb) to mentally prepare to do or face something difficult
- 10. (verb) to dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune intentionally, sometimes in a mean way
Down
- 1. (verb) to make something thoroughly clean; to get rid of something seen as unpleasant or unwanted
- 2. (adverb) in an active, quick, or energetic way
- 3. (adverb) used to describe a statement as true to the smallest degree, such as “hardly any” of something or “hardly ever” doing something; a synonym for scarcely
- 4. (adjective) completely engrossing, compelling, or interesting
- 6. (adjective) lasting for a very short time
- 7. (verb) to pull or twist out of shape; to give a misleading or false story about a situation