Across
- 3. persistent and troubling
- 4. long step
- 5. mocking; scorn; making fun of
- 7. soothed, appeased; calmed
- 11. cringing in fear
- 14. threatening; something bad is going to happen
- 15. a derogatory name for an African American
- 16. very carefully
- 17. to make fun of; tease
Down
- 1. thought carefully about; judged
- 2. in a state of wonder and fascination
- 5. critical or disparaging
- 6. a mattress make of straw
- 8. humorless or formal manner
- 9. clever and useful with hands
- 10. able to make decisions quickly; firm
- 12. keeping something out of sight
- 13. belligerent, aggressive in nature;quarellsome