Across
- 5. peaceful, calm, and quiet.
- 6. a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behaviour.
- 7. lessening the severity or impact of something, making it less harmful or negative.
- 9. a person who is perceived to be uncivilized, primitive, or culturally inferior.
- 10. to convince or influence someone to do or believe something.
Down
- 1. evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerful or irresistible way.
- 2. wanting or devouring great quantities of food, or having a very eager approach to an activity or pursuit.
- 3. a violent person, especially one involved in crime.
- 4. cold, harsh, and dreary; lacking in warmth or cheer.
- 8. to lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently; a cylindrical device on which film, tape, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.