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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (33 Across) malign (VERB) 1. To speak slander of; defame. 2. Speak unfavorably about. Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce. (ADJECTIVE) 1. Having or exerting a malignant influence. Synonyms:
evil, malefic, malevolent. 2. Tending to injure; pernicious. 3. Evil or harmful
in nature or influence. Derives from Latin: malignus ill-disposed.
Did You Know? (28 Across) Richard Morris Hunt,
(1827-1895), was an American architect who studied in Paris and became the
leader in the Beaux-Arts tradition in the United States. His works include the
entrance wing of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art; the pedestal that
holds the Statue of Liberty; The Breakers in Rhode Island -- a 70-room mansion
overlooking Rhode Island Sound -- commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1895;
and Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina, built for George Washington
Vanderbilt, the younger brother of Cornelius.
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