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