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unit 9 vocab
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes |
| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales or opinions |
| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis showing little concern, informal |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| entice | to attract, tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike vivid relating to pictural arts |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size |
| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections |
| ratify | to approve, confirm |
| regal | royal king like |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing |
| vital | having life, essential |