Across
- 4. thin or slender in form like a thread; lacking a sound basis in reasoning; an unsubstantiated or weak stand, statement or argument
- 5. depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory
- 7. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse
- 8. present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential
- 10. ready or willing to answer, open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable
- 11. a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
Down
- 1. to read through with thoroughness or care, to examine in detail
- 2. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing
- 3. mournful, dismal, or gloomy in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
- 5. having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech, characterized by forceful and appropriate expression
- 6. having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
- 7. to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures
- 9. understood without being openly expressed; implied, unvoiced or unspoken