English vocabulary
Across
- 2. a strong public expression of disapproval
- 4. to clear from blame or suspicion; to prove right
- 6. to make something or someone feel new, fresh, or young again
- 8. modest; not boastful or arrogant
- 10. a standard used for judgment or evaluation
- 14. to make a situation worse or more severe
- 16. firm, loyal, and strongly supportive
- 17. following traditional or widely accepted beliefs or rules
- 19. focused on practical use or usefulness
- 20. to completely destroy
- 21. outward behavior or manner
- 22. to strongly disapprove of something
- 25. proper behavior and manners; standards of acceptable behavior
- 27. a substance with no active medicine used as a treatment comparison
- 30. a cure-all; something believed to solve all problems or diseases
- 31. necessary or urgent; very important
- 33. involving or done by one side only
- 34. intended to undermine or overthrow an established system
- 37. to make something less severe or serious
- 38. a feeling of excitement and happiness
- 39. based on facts, not influenced by feelings or bias
- 40. to make things happen at the same time or match in timing
Down
- 1. never happened before; the first instance of something
- 3. calm and casually unconcerned
- 5. to free someone or something from a difficult situation
- 7. to support or adopt a belief, idea, or cause
- 9. to make something easier to do or accomplish
- 11. lazy; unwilling to work
- 12. to scatter or gradually disappear
- 13. existing as a natural or essential part of something
- 15. to absorb or become part of a larger group or culture
- 18. focused on the whole rather than individual parts
- 23. highly skilled or competent
- 24. to come or flow out from a source
- 26. lack or shortage of basic necessities
- 28. weak or poorly supported; lacking strength or substance
- 29. hostile or aggressive
- 32. excessively high or unreasonable (especially in cost or price)
- 35. to weaken or waste away, especially from lack of use or disease
- 36. a comparison between two things used to explain or clarify