IVB56 Crossword
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1) 1: a brass musical instrument that you blow into that has three buttons which you press to play different notes — see picture at brass instrument
2: something shaped like a trumpet
▪ the trumpet of a flower
To sound or proclaim loudly
2) 1: divided into or composed of three parts
2: having three corresponding parts or copies
3: made between or involving three parties
Synonyms: threefold, treble, triadic, triple, triplex
4) : a series of three novels, movies, etc., that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes
A group of three dramatic or literary works related in subject or theme.
6) 1: the side of a die or domino that has three spots
2: a card numbered three or having three main pips
3: a shot in basketball that counts for three points
A card, die, or domino with three pips.
7) 1 [count] formal: a difficult experience or situation — usually plural ▪ The book describes the political travails of the President during his first year in office.
2 [noncount] literary: painful or difficult work or effort
▪ They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Synonyms: affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, distress, tribulation, woe
9) 1: to walk usually for a long distance
▪ We had to trek up six flights of stairs with our groceries.
2: to travel by walking through an area with many mountains, rivers, etc., for pleasure and adventure
▪ On their vacation last year they went trekking in the Himalayas.
3: to go on a long and often difficult journey
▪ We trekked across the country in her old car.
Synonyms: journey, peregrinate, pilgrimage, tour, travel, trip, voyage
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3) : to completely change the form, appearance, or nature of (someone or something) — usually + into [+ obj] ▪ Her art transmutes [=transforms] trash into a thing of beauty.▪ The stories of their lives were transmuted into works of fiction. [no obj] ▪ The former criminal had transmuted into a national hero.
To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold.
Synonyms: alchemize, make over, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, convert, transpose, transubstantiate
5) . Forceful, effective, and vigorous: a trenchant argument. See Synonyms at incisive.
2. Caustic; cutting: trenchant criticism.
3. Distinct; clear-cut.
: very strong, clear, and effective
▪ a trenchant analysis/essay▪ a writer with a trenchant wit
< Harshini writes trenchant essays>
Synonyms: cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharpened, stropped, sharp, whetted
8) : environmentalist 2; especially: an advocate for the preservation of woodlands
disapproving: someone who is regarded as foolish or annoying because of being too concerned about protecting trees, animals, and other parts of the natural world from pollution and other threats
10) : to defeat (someone or something) easily and thoroughly
▪ Their opponents trounced them in the final game. [=their opponents won by a large amount]
: to thrash or punish severely; especially: to defeat decisively
Synonyms: annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, cream, drub, dust, flatten, paste, rout, shellac, skin, skunk, smoke [slang], smother, snow under, thrash, trim, tromp, whip, wallop, wax [slang], whomp, whop (or whap), whup
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