Across
- 5. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- 8. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
- 11. expressing disapproval, blame, or disappointment
- 13. not sensible, responsible, or wise
- 18. skillful at evading capture
- 19. inviting ridicule
- 20. diffusing warmth and friendliness
- 22. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- 23. in a random or indiscriminate manner
- 25. unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
Down
- 1. mercifulness as a consequence of being tolerant
- 2. light teasing repartee
- 3. quivering as from weakness or fear
- 4. someone to whom private matters are told
- 6. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- 7. strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
- 9. showing a brooding ill humor
- 10. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- 12. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- 14. relieve temporarily
- 15. look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
- 16. able to recover quickly from difficulties
- 17. the act of giving a false appearance
- 21. question or examine thoroughly
- 24. difficult to accomplish