Across
- 2. make (something) simpler or easier to do or understand.
- 4. express warm approval or admiration of.
- 5. suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at.
- 8. try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.
- 11. make (someone or something) seem less impressive or valuable.
- 12. demonstrate to be the specified thing by evidence or argument.
- 14. deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.
- 16. praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context.
- 18. give an example of; illustrate by giving an example.
- 20. describe the distinctive nature or features of.
- 22. estimate, measure, or note the differences.
- 24. place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.
- 25. bring or recall to the conscious mind.
- 27. give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- 28. estimate, measure, or note the similaritys.
- 30. strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
Down
- 1. explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.
- 3. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
- 6. make (something) more clearly defined.
- 7. describe or represent (something) as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
- 8. to emphasize.
- 9. increase the power, status, or wealth of.
- 10. make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible.
- 13. bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember.
- 15. check or prove the validity or accuracy of (something).
- 17. have or express a different opinion.
- 19. give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.
- 21. express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.
- 23. cause to become more marked or intense.
- 26. represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
- 29. call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.
