Across
- 2. to escape or avoid something or someone
- 3. to become less intense, active, or severe; to abate or diminish
- 5. to guess or estimate what might happen
- 7. to cause someone to believe or agree that something is true; to persuade
- 9. with a small amount of light; not brightly
Down
- 1. in a way that shows unwillingness or hesitancy
- 3. to assess; to look over carefully or inspect
- 4. unemotional; unconcerned
- 6. confusion; state of being baffled
- 8. done in a way that is earnest