IVB14 Crossword
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1) 1a : to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines b : to mark the outline of
2: to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
: something that is clearly marked or obvious
Synonyms: define, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace3) : to stop doing something
:to cease to proceed or act
Synonyms: cease, stop, discontinue, give up, end, abstain4) : of or relating to the study of changes that occur in large groups of people over a period of time : of or relating to demography5) 1 [count] law : a formal statement that someone who has promised to tell the truth makes so that the statement can be used in court ; especially : a formal statement that is made before a trial by a witness who will not be present at the trial
▪ She gave a videotaped deposition about what she saw that night. ▪ His attorneys took depositions from the witnesses. 2 [noncount] technical : the action of depositing something (such as sand, snow, or mud) on a surface or area especially over a period of time
testimony taken down in writing under oath
Synonyms: deposit, dregs, grounds, precipitate, sediment, settlings6) 1: to convey (as an estate) by will or lease
2obsolete : convey, give
3: to transmit by succession or inheritance
intransitive verb
1: die, decease
2: to pass by descent or bequest
Synonyms: check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, die, depart, drop7) 1a : a Byzantine emperor or prince b : a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church c : an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance
2a : a ruler with absolute power and authority b : a person exercising power tyrannically
a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways
He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot.
Synonyms: caesar, dictator, führer (or fuehrer), oppressor, pharaoh, strongman, tyrannizer, tyrant, man on horseback8) 1: highly pleasing : delightful
2: delicious
The meals he prepares are always delectable.
one of the most delectable men she's ever met
Synonyms: agreeable, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, pleasant, delicious, delightful, delightsome9) 1 : delay, hesitate
2: to file a demurrer
3: to take exception : object —often used with to or at
: to disagree politely with another person's statement or suggestion
Synonyms: object, except, expostulate, kick, protest, remonstrate11) 1: to dry up
2: to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate
3: to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
Synonyms: castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate, devitalize, enervate, geld, lobotomize, petrify12) 1 : to criticize or express disapproval of (someone or something)
▪ I don't mean to deprecate [=belittle, minimize] his accomplishments.
: belittle, disparage
Synonyms: bad-mouth, belittle, cry down, denigrate, decry, depreciate, derogate, diminish |
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2) 1 : offense
2a : a quality that deserves blame or lacks merit : fault, defect b : lack of merit
3: a mark usually entailing a loss of privilege given to an offender
Synonyms: fault, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness4) : the state of being despondent : dejection, hopelessness
: to have no hope
Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection
Synonyms: blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond8) 1: to lower in estimation or esteem
2a : to lower the price or estimated value of
: to fall into value
The value of the house has depreciated greatly.
Synonyms: attenuate, break, cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade10) 1.extreme poverty: lack of the necessary means of subsistence
Synonyms: poverty, penury, hardship, need, insolvency, deprivation, impoverishment, want, privation, indigence, misery11) : expressing a low opinion of someone or something : showing a lack of respect for someone or something
▪ He was accused of making derogatory [=insulting, disrespectful] remarks about her.
detracting from the character or standing of something —often used with to, towards, or of
2: expressive of a low opinion : disparaging
Synonyms: belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory12) : very bad or unpleasant : deserving to be despised
▪ She is a despicable traitor. ▪ It was a despicable [=contemptible] act of racism.
: so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation
Synonyms: cheap, cruddy, deplorable, contemptible, dirty, grubby, lame13) : of, relating to, or characteristic of a despot
Synonyms: arbitrary, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist or tzarist), absolute, dictatorial, monocratic,14) : to damage (a holy place or object) : to treat (a holy place or object) with disrespect
▪ The vandals were accused of desecrating graves. ▪ a desecrated church
to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously
Synonyms: defile, profane, violate15) to provide for the payment of : pay
2archaic : to bear the expenses of
: to pay for something
This will defray the costs.16) 1 : the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b : a feeling that one has seen or heard something before
2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
I entered the room and immediately felt a sense of déjà vu. |
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