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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (65 Across) veto (VERB) 1. To forbid or prohibit authoritatively. 2. Command against. 3. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. Synonyms: blackball, disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe. (Noun) 1. A vote that blocks a decision. 2. The power or right to
prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief
executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature). 3. Any authoritative
prohibition. Derived from: Latin, Italian forbid.
Did You Know? (19 Across) St Elmo's Fire (or Light) is an
luminous electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding
atmosphere. During thunderstorms, this illumination is sometimes visible on the
tips of airplane wings, and gets it name from Mediterranean sailors, who
considered the light to have been sent by their patron saint. This is also
one definition, of several, of the word corona
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