Kaysta Crossword
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1) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
SYN:golden age
ANT: formative years, twilight years, decline
2) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; posion
SYN: spoiler, bete noire
ANT: blessing, comfort, solace, balm
3) to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or ices of others; a person who does this
SYN: indulge, pimp, procurer
5) lacking brilliance or vitality; dull
SYN: vapid, insipid, drab, flat
ANT:f brilliant, radiant, dazzling
6) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance of performance or achievement
SYN: celebrity
ANT: dullness, insipidity, mediocrity
8) urning with enthusiasm or zeal, extremely heated
SYN: ardent, zealous, fervent, earnest
ANT: apathetic, indifferent, cool, blasé
9) involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventureres
SYN: roguish, rascally, rakish
12) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
SYN: pet peee, bugbear, nemesis
ANT: pet, idol
14)
ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal iwth
SYN: cranky, testy, peevish, irascible, ornery
ANT: good-natured, sweet-tempered, genial
15) a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge
SYN: disaster, catastrophe16) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's realtives19) an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form
SYN: archetype
ANT: copy, imitation
21) a malicious satire; to satirize, ridicule
SYN: burlesque, parody
ANT: compliment, flattery, homage
23) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
SYN: bliss, rapture
ANT: misery, despair
25) just beginning, not fully shaped or formed
SYN: incipient, embryonic, rudimentary
ANT: mature, developed, complete
27) nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasinness; troubled
SYN: unsettled
ANT: calm, untroubled, confident
28)
the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement
SYN: glory, praise, accolades
ANY: boos, disapproval, condemnation
36) to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation; an act or occasion of dissipation or vice
SYN: carouse, spree, orgy
ANT: elevate, uplift, purify38) longwinded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way
SYN: verbose, garrulous
ANT: terse, laconic, succinct, pithy
40) discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; such a person
SYN: dissatisfied, disgruntled; grumpler
ANT: satisfied, contented, complacent, smug
41) overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted
SYN: precise, meticulous, exacting, finicky
ANT: careless, sloppy, messy, untidy, slovenly
42) stubborn, hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure
SYN: unruly, disobedient, willful, mulish
ANT: docile, tractable, dutiful, obedient
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a forerunner, herald; to herald the approach of
SYN: precursor
ANT: aftermath, epilogue, sequel
44) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious
SYN: huge, colossal, mammoth, gigantic
ANT: tiny, minuscule, infinitesimal, dwarfish
46) a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feeling, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else
SYN: sympathy, compassion
ANT: insensitivity, callousness, detachment
48) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs
SYN: presage, augure, foreshadow
49) he determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument
SYN: sophistry, quibbling
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to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements' to obtain or acquire by artifice
SYN: induce, beguile, cajole, wheedle
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4) capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced
SYN: pliable, impressionable, adaptable
ANT: rigid, inflexible unyielding, intractable
7) the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment
SYN: centerpiece, chef d'oeuvre
ANT: preliminary, hors d'oeuvre
10) a demon or evi spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
SYN: hobgoblin, millstone, burden
11) unpleasantly damp or wet
SYN: clammy, moist, soggy
ANT: dry, arid, parched, desiccated
12) to set upon from all sides, to surround with an army; to trouble/harass
SYN: besiege, encircle, pester
13) for this specific purpose, improvised
SYN: makeshift
ANT: permanent, long-standing
17) the act of preying upon or plundering
SYNL looting, pillage, outrage
18) the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated' grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown
SYN: mawkishness, mush, schmaltz
20) worldwide or universal in influence or application
SYN: general, comprehensive
ANT: parochila, regional, insular
22) to jump or skip about playfully
SYN:j frolic, romp, cavort, caper
ANT: lumber, trudge, plod
24) having an unpleasant or offensive odor
SYN: smelly, putrid, noisome, foul, malodorous
ANT: fragrant, aromatic, perfumed, sweet
26) to soak or stain thoroughly; to ill the mind
SYN: infuse, instill, inculcate
ANT: remove, expunge, eradicate, erase
29) flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed
SYN: euphonious, musical
ANT: shrill, strident, harsh, grating
30) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
SYN: bonus
31) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; such a person
SYN: boorish, lowbrow; yahoo
ANT: refined, cultivated; esthete, highbrow
32)
he ability to say and do the right thing in any situation, social competence
SYN: tact, finesse, suavity, sophistication
ANT: tactlessness, gaucherie, boorishness
33) to make a choice or decision
SYN: choose, select, decide
34) to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court
SYN: remit, return
aNY: forward to, send on, release
35) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations
SYN: base,, basis, underpinning
ANY: superstructure
37) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person' someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government
SYN: ward, charge, disciple, trainee
ANT: sponsor, mentor, benefactor
39) a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormality, etc
SYN: complex, pattern
45) a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming
SYN: indiscretion
ANT: felony, mortal sin, enormity, atrocity
47) full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion
SYN: blank check, free reign
51) actually exsisting or in effect, although not legally required or sancioned; in reality, actually
SYN: in actuality, in point of fact
ANT: de jure, by right
52) he belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
SYN: pleasure seeking, sensuality, sybaritism
ANT: asceticism, puritanism, self-denial
53) having opposite and conlficting feeling about someone or something
SYN: equivocal, ambiguous, of two minds
ANT: unequivocal, unambiguous, clear-cut
54) a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state
SYN: deviation, anomaly, irregularity
55) 56) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment, retribution itself; an unbeatable rival
SYN: comeuppance, avenger
ANT: guardian angel, ally, patron
57) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer
SYN: yes-man, toady, flunky, bootlicker
58) state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside
SYN: deferment, postponement, suspension
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