Among the Hidden Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

complete destruction or obliteration
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism
mad; insane
feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.
capture the fascinated attention of.
extreme scarcity of food
unfriendly or threatening in appearance
in a manner that is unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses
control or influence cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously