IVB52 Crossword
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1) adventurer: a bold and swaggering swordsman or adventurer
novel or movie about adventurer: a play, novel, or movie about a swordsman or adventurer
Synonyms: adventurer, daredevil, swash, buccaneer, pirate, swaggerer, blade, fortune hunter
2) 1 a: a group of people or businesses that work together
▪ A syndicate owns the company.— often + of▪ The company is owned by a syndicate of investors.▪ The money for the project was provided by a syndicate of banks.
b: a group of people who are involved in organized crime
▪ a crime syndicate
2: a business that sells something (such as a piece of writing, comic strip, or photograph) to several different newspapers or magazines for publication at the same time : a business that syndicates something
3: a group of newspapers that are managed by one company
▪ a newspaper syndicate
Synonyms: cabal, conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob, 1ring
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2) : a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval
fawning flatterer: a servile or obsequious person who flatters somebody powerful for personal gain
Synonyms: apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lickspittle, suck-up, toady
3) 1formala: to make (something) by combining different things
▪ She synthesized the treatment from traditional and modern philosophies of medicine.
b: to combine (things) in order to make something new
▪ He synthesized old and new ideas to form his theory.
2technical: to make (something) from simpler substances through a chemical process
▪ Scientists synthesize new drugs.▪ Glands synthesize the enzymes.▪ Amino acid is synthesized in the body.
3: to produce (sounds, speech, etc.) by using electronic equipment
▪ He synthesized the drumbeat. [=he created the drumbeat by using a synthesizer]
Amino acid is synthesized in the body.
4) 5) 1: having the same meaning
▪ “Small” and “little” are synonymous. [=are synonyms]▪ synonymous words— often + with▪ “Small” is synonymous with “little.”
2not used before a noun: strongly suggesting a particular idea, quality, etc. : very strongly associated with something — + with▪ The company's name is synonymous with quality.
Synonyms: identical, the same, one and the same, equal, tantamount
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