Describe
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3 letters

KEY
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

4 letters

NAME
By the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"

LIMN
Trace the shape of

DRAW
A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"

LINE
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

5 letters

TRACE
A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

6 letters

REPORT
A short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

DEPICT
Show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

KEYOUT
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

RELATE
Have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

7 letters

EXPLAIN
Serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

ACCOUNT
A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

PORTRAY
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

NARRATE
Provide commentary for a film, for example

8 letters

DISCOVER
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

IDENTIFY
Consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

9 letters

DELINEATE
Make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

10 letters

ILLUSTRATE
Supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"

11 letters

DISTINGUISH
Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

12 letters

CHARACTERIZE
Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"