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7th grade unit #9
Question | Answer |
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accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster |
bystander | one who looks on or observe |
canvass | to go over in detail |
casual | informal |
downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly |
entice | to attract, tempt |
erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
flounder | to thrash about in clumsy or ineffective way |
graphic | lifelike, vivid |
gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
ordeal | a difficult situation or experience |
parch | to make dry and thirsty |
persist | to refuse to stop or change |
puny | weak, sickly |
quibble | a petty objection, or raising a minor objection |
ratify | to approve, confirm |
regal | kinglike, fit for a king |
stifle | to smother, to prevent from breathing |
vital | essential, key, crucial |