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Vocabulary Unit #9
StudyStack for Vocabulary Unit #9 - Honors English 7 (May have mistakes)
| Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster to bring about more quickly | Synonyms: step up, quicken, hasten | Antonyms: slow down, decelerate |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part | Synonyms: observer, onlooker | Antonym: active participant |
| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss | Synonyms: survey, solicit | Antonyms: None |
| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal | Synonyms: haphazard, offhand | Antonyms: formal, serious, premeditated |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed | Synonyms: mistreated, ground underfoot | Antonyms: uplifted, liberated |
| entice | to attract, tempt | Synonyms: lure, lead on | Antonyms: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away | Synonyms: corrode, abrade | Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way | Synonyms: wallow, struggle | Antonyms: None |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts | Synonyms: colorful, descriptive | Antonyms: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly | Synonyms: gory, hideous | Antonyms: pleasant, delightful, appealing |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy; sadness, gloominess | Synonyms: depressed, dejected; dejection, depression | Antonyms: merry, happy, cheerful; joy, elation |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience, a trial | Synonyms: hardship, trauma | Antonyms: pleasure, cinch |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat | Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate | Antonyms: soak, drench, saturate |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain | Synonyms: persevere, keep at it, endure | Antonyms: give up, discontinue |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size; of no importance | Synonyms: undersized, pint-size, small, weak | Antonyms: robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic |
| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; a petty objection | Synonyms: split hairs, cavil; squabble | Antonyms: None |
| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to, confirm | Synonyms: endorse, sanction | Antonyms: cancel, annul, veto |
| regal | royal, kinglike; fit for a king | Synonyms: majestic, stately, princely, august | Antonyms: lowly, humble, abject, servile |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off | Synonyms: strangle, suppress, snuff | Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage |
| vital | having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial | Synonyms: indispensable, fundamental | Antonyms: nonessential, unnecessary |