verbs

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Across
  1. 2. emphasize.
  2. 4. make or become less.
  3. 6. suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at.
  4. 9. cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
  5. 10. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
  6. 13. strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
  7. 15. give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
  8. 16. express warm approval or admiration of.
  9. 19. increase the power, status, or wealth of.
  10. 20. increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.
  11. 21. deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.
  12. 22. make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible.
  13. 23. try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.
  14. 24. have or express a different opinion.
  15. 28. bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember.
  16. 29. estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
  17. 30. be a typical example of.
Down
  1. 1. express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.
  2. 2. describe or represent (something) as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
  3. 3. place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.
  4. 5. represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
  5. 7. give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
  6. 8. the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.
  7. 11. check or prove the validity or accuracy of (something).
  8. 12. make (something) simpler or easier to do or understand.
  9. 14. describe the distinctive nature or features of.
  10. 17. demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argument.
  11. 18. praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context.
  12. 25. provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures.
  13. 26. to call up or produce
  14. 27. give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.