IVB10 Crossword
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1) conversation, dialogue
2: a high-level serious discussion : conference
·lo·quy [ kólləkwee ] 1.discussion: a formal conversation or discussion
2.written dialogue: a literary or other written work in the form of a dialogue
Synonyms: discussion, meeting, conference, seminar, conversation, debate2) : using few words : not including extra or unnecessary information
▪ a clear and concise account of the accident ▪ a concise summary ▪ a concise definition
marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, crisp, curt, elliptical5) : the act of confronting : the state of being confronted: as a : a face-to-face meeting b : the clashing of forces or ideas : conflict
: a situation in which people, groups, etc., fight, oppose, or challenge each other in an angry way
There were several violent confrontations between rival gangs.
Synonyms: ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, contest, contention, dogfight, duel, face-off6) : comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy
: having a lot of space
Synonyms: ample, capacious, spacious, roomy8) 1.miscellany: a collection or assortment of things
: aggregation, collection11) : to feel or express sympathy : condole
: to feel or express sorrow or compassion for
Synonyms: sympathize, pity, empathize, show compassion, offer condolences, console13) : tending to promote or assist
: making it easy, possible, or likely for something to happen or exist
▪ The school tries to create an atmosphere (that is) conducive to learning. [=an atmosphere that makes learning easier] ▪ Hot, dry weather is conducive to the spread of forest fires.
Synonyms: facilitative14) 1.power-sharing: with power shared equally between colleagues
2.of power-sharing by bishops: relating to a situation or system in the Roman Catholic Church in which the bishops share equal power
3.of college or university: involving, typical of, or belonging to a college or university
Synonyms: shared, reciprocal, mutual, interconnected, uncompetitive, community, amicable16) 1: a natural or artificial channel through which something (as a fluid) is conveyed
2archaic : fountain
3: a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables
4: a means of transmitting or distributing
someone or something that is used as a way of sending something (such as information or money) from one place or person to another
Synonyms: channel, pipe, duct, leader, line, penstock, trough, tube |
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3) 1: pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
2: having a pleasing appearance : not homely or plain
: pretty or attractive
Synonyms: aesthetic, attractive, beauteous, bonny (also bonnie) ,beautiful, cute
4) : a very sweet food
▪ an assortment of delicious cakes and other confections
a fancy dish or sweetmeat; also : a sweet food
Synonyms: sweet, sweetmeat7) 1 : a resident in an apartment building especially in France who serves as doorkeeper, landlord's representative, and janitor
2: a usually multilingual hotel staff member who handles luggage and mail, makes reservations, and arranges tours; broadly : a person employed (as by a business) to make arrangements or run errands
Synonyms: caretaker, doorman, custodian, janitor, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, warden, porter9) 1 : something that is bought and sold
▪ agricultural commodities like grain and corn
2 : something or someone that is useful or valued
3: quantity, lot
an economic good: as
Patience is a rare commodity.
Synonyms: being, entity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, reality, something, substance, thing10) : consonant, agreeing
in agreement : having the same characteristics
▪ All three tests have concordant results.
▪ His views are concordant with those of the president.
Synonyms: accordant, coherent, compatible, consistent, conformable11) : to collect into a group or crowd : assemble
: to come together in a group or crowd
▪ Students began to congregate [=assemble] in the hall. ▪ It's a place where the homeless congregate. ▪ Skiers congregated around the lodge's fireplace.
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, gather12) 1: mathematics : having the same size and shape
▪ congruent triangles 2 formal : 2:matching or in agreement with something
superposable so as to be coincident throughout
Synonyms: accordant, coherent, compatible, concordant, conformable15) : very large or great
:of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible
:of an exceptional or astonishing degree
Synonyms: astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, huge, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic16) disapproving : satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them
▪ The strong economy has made people complacent.'
Synonyms: apathetic, casual, indifferent, disinterested, incurious, insensible17) a : interpretation of omens b : supposition
: an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence : guess [count] ▪ The biography includes conjectures about the writer's earliest ambitions.
Synonyms: guess, shot, supposition, surmise, shot in the dark18) to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts
to make compatible
reconcile
: appease
: to become friendly or agreeable
Synonyms: accommodate, attune, harmonize, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile |
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