Across
- 3. a small tuft or lock
- 4. unpleasantly cold and damp
- 5. a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
- 6. in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
- 9. earnest or urgent request
- 11. characterized by careless unconcern
- 12. expect, believe, or suppose
- 14. marked by skill in deception
- 18. the act of conceding or yielding
- 19. impossible to come to understand; incomprehensible
- 20. indefinite or unclear
- 21. a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
Down
- 1. unflinching in battle or action
- 2. argue over petty things
- 5. the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- 7. slow pace of running
- 8. grievously affected especially by disease
- 10. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
- 13. in a composed and unconcerned manner
- 15. not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- 16. draw back, as with fear or pain
- 17. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation