Wordly Wise 8.10

3. To level to the ground; to destroy completely.
5. To make greater or better.
7. To plead in favor of; to defend.
9. A form of language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
10. A group that enjoys superior status to others.
11. A retaliation for an injury.
13. Most miserable; wretched.
14. Clearly offensive or bad; conspicuously acting against what is right.

1. To serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner.
2. Having terrible consequences; urgent or desperate.
4. A state of confusion or agitations; tumult.
6. To soften or tone down the sound of.
7. An act of great cruelty and wickedness.
8. (1)To bring about to inflict. (2)To express or vent.
12. To lose hope, strength, or vitality because of neglect or bad conditions.