Across
- 2. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest.
- 4. asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.
- 5. at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart.
- 6. devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite.
- 8. having ”mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action.
- 10. hard to understand because of being extremely complex or highly abstract.
- 11. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
- 13. having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own.
- 14. pertaining to a sense of the beautiful; having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
- 15. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome.
- 16. subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic.
- 18. filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent.
Down
- 1. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative.
- 2. resembling a mystery or riddle; perplexing; mysterious.
- 3. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly.
- 7. unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.
- 9. having a kindly disposition; gracious; non-malignant.
- 10. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
- 12. marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated.
- 17. tending to believe too readily; gullible.