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7th Grade Unit 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to speed up | accelerate |
| one who looks on | bystander |
| to go through an area to get votes or make sales | canvass |
| happening by chance | casual |
| treated unfairly | downtrodden |
| to attract | entice |
| to eat away | erode |
| to thrash about in a clumsy way | flounder |
| lifelike | graphic |
| horrible, revolting | gruesome |
| sad, gloomy | melancholy |
| a difficult experience | ordeal |
| to make dry | parch |
| to refuse to stop | persist |
| of less than normal size | puny |
| to belittle a point by twisting words | quibble |
| to approve | ratify |
| royal, kinglike | regal |
| to smother | stifle |
| necessary to life | vital |