Vic 2 Set 9 Crossword

to make easier to endure; to relieve; to diminish. The doctor gave the man a shot of morphine to alleviate the pain
to blame; to criticize adversely./ The teacher gave the students a censure after a bad note was left to the substitute.
The despot got rid of most of the congress and law enforcement so he had no one to tell him no. with unlimited power./
to cause; produce; bring into being./ The company was supposed to engender a certain amount of product but they did meet their mark.
- inappropriate; out of place./ The movie had an incongruous feeling to it since it was rated R
narrow-minded; smugly conventional./ There is a philistine in my group and he gets all the materials for the project.
to put in a less important position; to assign; to banish./ I had to relegate Johnnie in the group because Tim could do Johnnie’s job better than he could.
to mock or jeer at; to make fun of./ The bully scoffed the new kid for the way he dressed.
long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring./ The speaker’s talk about drugs was very tedious because the kids already knew about what he was saying.
clumsy; awkward; hard to handle./ The new worker was nervous so he was very ungainly.
able to live or exist; practicable./ The teacher’s assignment was definitely viable, but the kids still didn’t want to do it.
to twist or squirm, as in pain; to suffer from shame or shyness./ The quarterback writhed on the field after getting hit hard.
the point in the sky directly above one; the highest point./ I want to go to a zenith in the sky to say I was as high as possible.
indifferent; unsympathetic; not interested; apart./ My mom is very aloof when it comes to me being a baby with pain.
to criticize severely./ / You can’t chastise Billy because he will instantly begin to cry.