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Question | Answer |
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accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly |
bystander | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss |
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 |
graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
melancholy | adj. sad, gloomy, unhappy; |
melancholy | n. sadness, gloominess |
ordeal | a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
parch | to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
persist | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain |
puny | of less than normal strength or size; of no importance |
quibble | v. to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; n. a petty object |
quibble | n. a petty object |
ratify | to approve, give formal approval to, confirm |
regal | royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off |
vital | aging life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial |