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MT Vocab 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accelerate | to speed up |
| bystander | a person present but not taking part |
| canvass | to go trough an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions |
| casual | informal |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly |
| entice | to attract; tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike; vivid |
| gruesome | horrible; revolting |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action |
| puny | weak, sickly, small |
| quibble | to belittle a point by twisting words or raising objections |
| ratify | to approve |
| regal | royal; kinglike; fit for a king |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing |
| vital | necessary to life |