Beyond the Hit Parade Group 2 Crossword
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1) noun;
deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection2) adj;
gloomy, dark
4) verb;
to deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose5) noun;
omen, portent6) verb;
to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense8) verb;
to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil10) verb;
to aver, allege, or assert11) adj;
timid, fearful, diffident13) noun;
formal praise, eulogy, encomium; panegyrical means expressing elaborate praise15) adj;
bffled, bewildered, at a loss of what to do or think18) verb;
to destroy, to exterminate, ro cut out, to exscind19) adj;
cowardly, craven20) adj;
insubordinate, rebellious; contumely means insult, scorn, aspersion22) adj;
unconcerned, carefree, heedless24) noun;
a beggar, supplicant28) noun;
rout, fiasco, complete failure32) adj;
cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show37) verb;
to protest, to object39) verb;
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow42) adj;
lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery44) verb;
to slander, to make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion45) noun;
speed, alacrity, think accelerate46) verb;
to find fault without good reason48) adj;
aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively51) verb;
to atone or make amends for53) adj;
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose54) noun;
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot55) adj;
quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable57) adj;
belligerent, pugnacious, warlike59) noun;
glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy60) adj;
tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone62) noun;
disuse63) verb;
to disciminate or discern66) noun;
a song of grief or lamentation67) adj;
long-winded, verbose; prolixity means verbosity |
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3) adj;
pounding, thundering, resounding7) verb;
to corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective9) noun;
an illusion; originally, an imaginary firebreathing she-monster12) adj;
vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile14) adj;
transparent, gauzy16) adj;
lustful, lascivious, bawdy17) noun;
farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith21) noun;
low point, perigee23) noun;
difficult or embarrassing situation25) noun;
critical examination, explication26) adj;
extremely loud and powerful27) noun; toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite29) adj;
menacing, threatening (reminds you of the Minotaur, a threatening creature indeed)30) verb;
to appease; to conciliate; propitious means auspicious, favorable31) noun;
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritiability33) adj;
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement34) adj;
certain, inevitable35) adj;
biased, showing marked tendencies36) noun;
a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing38) verb;
to censure scathingly, to upbraid40) adj;
not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged41) adj;
disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument43) adj;
cheerful, confident, optimistic47) adj;
cheap, miserly49) adj;
diligent, hard-working, sedulous50) adj/noun;
soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts52) adj;
noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous56) noun;
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions58) adj;
unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic61) noun;
novice, greenhon, rank amateur62) adj;
random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose64) noun;
the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech65) adj;
transparent, easy to understand, limpid68) verb;
to shun or avoid69) adj;
having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage70) adj;
one of a kind, peerless71) verb;
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid72) adj;
reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence73) adj;
silly, inanly foolish74) adj;
childish, immature, jejune, nugatory75) noun;
power, strength; puissant means powerful, strong76) adj;
deep rooted, ingrained, habitual77) adj;
fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language |
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