Across
- 4. very eager or unremitting in some activity
- 6. the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- 7. high status importance owing to marked superiority
- 10. to resist (a powerful person, authority, etc.) openly and boldly
- 11. To increase; raise
Down
- 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation
- 2. Senseless talk; nonsense
- 3. to claim (to be a certain thing, etc.) by manner or appearance, esp falsely
- 5. The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
- 7. To reduce
- 8. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- 9. so that it stays (there) forever