IVB20 Crossword
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1) 2) 1: very careful about how you do something
▪ He is fastidious about keeping the house clean.▪ a fastidious dresser/scholar
2: liking few things : hard to please
▪ a fastidious eater/diner
3: wanting to always be clean, neat, etc.
▪ She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty.
: having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please
Synonyms: choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, finicky, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular3) 1: a short and lively sounding of trumpets
trumpet flourish: a short dramatic series of notes played on trumpets or other brass instruments, especially to mark the arrival of somebody important
2: a showy outward display
Synonyms: display, trumpet blast, salute, elaboration, flourish, ballyhoo, pomp |
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1) : animal life; especially : the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment — compare flora ( plants)
: all the animals that live in a particular area, time period, or environment
Synonyms: animals, creatures, beasts, wildlife2) : pretend, dissemble
transitive verb
1a : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression b : to assert as if true : pretend
2archaic a : invent, imagine b : to give fictional representation to
3obsolete : disguise, conceal
: to pretend to feel or be affected by (something)
▪ He would often feign [=fake] illness to get out of class.
Synonyms: act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate, make believe
3) : an artificially high voice; especially : an artificially produced singing voice that overlaps and extends above the range of the full voice especially of a tenor
2: a singer who uses falsetto
4) 1: to show affection —used especially of a dog
2: to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner
: to try to get the approval of an important or powerful person by giving that person praise, special attention, etc.
▪ a sports star surrounded by fawning fans
Synonyms: apple-polish, bootlick, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), toady, truckle, curry favor, kiss up to
5) 1a : markedly lacking in strength b : indicating weakness
2a : deficient in qualities or resources that indicate vigor, authority, force, or efficiency b : inadequate, inferior
Synonyms: asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, weak, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped |
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