Across
- 4. (v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex or embarrass
- 6. (n.) one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
- 7. (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism
- 8. (v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- 10. (adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined
Down
- 1. (n.) roughness, harshness, severity, bitterness or tartness
- 2. (adj.) using few words, concise
- 3. (v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
- 5. (adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
- 9. (v.) to toughen, harden, to render used to something by long subjection or exposure