Across
- 4. making a false spoken statement that damages or intends to damage a person’s reputation
- 6. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives,
- 8. and other compositional techniques
- 9. settling an issue; deciding
- 11. to give orders or lay down authoritatively
- 14. perfect or the best possible
- 16. for show
- 17. to formally forbid something by law, rule, or other authority
- 18. the base, with the intention of forcing a surrender of the people inside
- 19. the activity of buying and selling; business
- 22. to come together for a meeting or activity; to assemble
- 24. management
- 25. involving only small authority or power, describing a position or action that is
Down
- 1. the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of
- 2. which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
- 3. a new method, idea, product, etc.
- 5. a military operation in which the enemy forces surround a town or base, cutting off supplies
- 7. murder (of someone famous or important, especially for political reasons)
- 10. the state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities
- 12. a person or branch of government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect
- 13. to persuade, especially by force or threats
- 15. public speaking or speechmaking
- 20. to cause great damage to; to lay waste to
- 21. to reject (a proposed bill or law)
- 23. of very great extent or quantity