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Vocabulary Work 9
Quiz-Need to know the part of speech
Question | Answer |
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Accelerate | (v) to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly |
Bystander | (n) one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
Canvass | (v) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail: to discuss |
Casual | (adj) happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal |
Entice | (v) to attract, tempt |
Erode | (v) to wear away gradually, eat away |
Flounder | (v) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
Graphic | (adj) lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
Gruesome | (adj) horrible, revolting, ghastly |
Melancholy | (adj) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n) sadness, gloominess |
Ordeal | (n) a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
Parch | (v) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
Persist | (v) to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain |
Puny | (adj) of less than normal strength or size; or importance |
Ratify | (v) to approve, give formal approval to, confirm |
Regal | (adj) royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
Stifle | (v) to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off |
Vital | (adj) having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial |