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7th grade unit #9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster |
| bystander | one who looks on or observe |
| canvass | to go over in detail |
| casual | informal |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly |
| entice | to attract, tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| flounder | to thrash about in clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult situation or experience |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty |
| persist | to refuse to stop or change |
| puny | weak, sickly |
| quibble | a petty objection, or raising a minor objection |
| ratify | to approve, confirm |
| regal | kinglike, fit for a king |
| stifle | to smother, to prevent from breathing |
| vital | essential, key, crucial |