Across
- 3. in a manner that shows tenacity and grim persistence
- 5. open resistance; bold disobedience
- 6. a way that suggests lack of hope
- 7. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up
- 8. polite and without being too blunt; indirect
- 12. start to lose strength or momentum.
Down
- 1. evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
- 2. in a scornful way that shows disdain
- 4. make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
- 9. bad tempered and combative
- 10. process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire
- 11. being emotionally distant