Question

across

1. to stain the honor of someone or something
2. to stop; bring to an end
3. to lower the spirits of
4. to reply, especially in a quick, sharp, or witty way
5. friendly and pleasant
6. motivated only by financial gain; greedy
7. distributed thinly
8. close; near (to something)
9. a tendency to think, act, or behave in a certain way
10. lacking originality; overused
11. enthusiastic devotion; intense enthusiasm
12. a perfect or typical example
13. to intrude or trespass on; to go beyond proper limits
14. determined by personal judgment; based on impulse

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1. great praise or applause; enthusiastic approval
2. something that prevents or discourages a certain action
3. to find innocent or blameless
4. differing from what is customary; odd
5. expressed clearly in a few words
6. unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; unselfish
7. to increase or intensify
8. a new custom, method, or invention; something newly introduced
9. no longer active or in use; out - of - date
10. following in time or order; next; later; succeeding
11. bitter hostility

Explanation:

This is a vocabulary - related crossword puzzle. Each clue describes a word, and the goal is to find the appropriate word based on the given definition. For example, for "To stain the honor of someone or something", one would think of a word that means to damage someone's reputation.

Answer:

1. Dishonor
2. End
3. Depress
4. Retort
5. Amiable
6. Mercenary
7. Sparse
8. Adjacent
9. Tendency
10. Trite
11. Zeal
12. Paradigm
13. Intrude
14. Arbitrary
15. Acclaim
16. Deterrent
17. Exonerate
18. Unusual
19. Concise
20. Altruistic
21. Intensify
22. Innovation
23. Obsolete
24. Subsequent
25. Animosity