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Justesen Vocab 9
Vocab Unit 9 Sadlier-Oxford Level B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accelerate | (v) to speed up quickly, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly |
| accelerate | SYN step up, quicken, hasten |
| accelerate | ANT slow down, decelerate |
| bystander | (n) one who looks on or observes; a person present but not taking part |
| bystander | SYN observer, onlooker |
| bystander | ANT active participant |
| canvass | (v) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss |
| canvass | SYN survey, solicit, poll |
| casual | (adj) happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal |
| casual | SYN haphazard, offhand |
| casual | ANT formal, serious, premeditated |
| downtrodden | (adj) treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| downtrodden | SYN mistreated |
| downtrodden | ANT liberated, uplifted |
| entice | (v) to attract, tempt |
| entice | SYN lure |
| entice | ANT nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel |
| erode | (v) to wear away gradually, eat away |
| erode | SYN corrode, abrade |
| erode | ANT nurture, promote, encourage |
| flounder | (v) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| flounder | SYN wallow, struggle |
| graphic | (adj) lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
| graphic | SYN colorful, descriptive |
| graphic | ANT dull, boring, colorless, unrealistic |
| gruesome | (adj) horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| gruesome | SYN gory, hideous |
| gruesome | ANT pleasant, delightful, appealing |
| melancholy | (adj) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n) sadness, gloominess |
| melancholy | SYN depressed, dejected |
| melancholy | ANT merry, happy, cheerful |
| ordeal | (n) a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| ordeal | SYN hardship, trauma |
| ordeal | ANT pleasure, cinch |
| parch | (v) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
| parch | SYN dry up, dehydrate |
| parch | ANT soak, drench, saturate |
| persist | (v) to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain |
| persist | SYN persevere, keep at it, endure |
| persist | ANT give up, discontinue |
| puny | (adj) of less than normal strength, size; of no importance |
| puny | SYN undersized, pint-size, small, weak |
| puny | ANT robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic |
| quibble | (v) to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections |
| quibble | SYN split hairs, cavil |
| ratify | (v) to approve, give formal approval to, confirm |
| ratify | SYN endorse, sanction |
| ratify | ANT cancel, annul, veto |
| regal | (adj) royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
| regal | SYN majestic, stately, princely, august |
| regal | ANT lowly, humble, abject, servile |
| stifle | (v) to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off |
| stifle | SYN strangle, suppress, snuff |
| stifle | ANT nurture, promote, encourage |
| vital | (adj) having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial |
| vital | SYN indispensable, fundamental |
| vital | ANT nonessential, unnecessary |
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