Unit 9
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about move quickly
step up, quicken, hasten
slow down, retard, decelerate
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| bystander | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
observer, spectator, onlooker
active participant
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| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss
poll, survey, solicit
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| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
accidental, haphazard, offhand
formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
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| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
mistreated, ground underfoot
uplifted, liberated
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| entice | to attract, tempt
lure, beguile
nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
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| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away
corrode, abrade
nurture, promote, encourage
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| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
wallow, struggle
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| graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
lively, colorful, descriptive
dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
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| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly
gory, hideous, grisly
pleasant, delightful, appealing
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| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy; sadness, gloominess
depressed, dejected; dejection, depression
merry, happy, cheerful; joy, elation
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| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience, a trial
test, hardship
pleasure, cinch
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| parch | to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
dry p, dehydrate, desiccate
soak, drench, saturate, waterlog
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| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
persevere, keep at it, endure
give up, discontinue
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| puny | of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
undersized, pint-size, small, weak
robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
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| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; a petty objection
nitpick, split hairs, cavil, squabble
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| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
endorse, sanction, uphold
cancel, repeal, annul, veto
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| regal | royal, kinglike; fit for a king
majestic, stately, princely, august
lowly, humble, abject, servile
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| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
strangle, suppress, snuff
nurture, promote, encourage
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| vital | having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
indispensable, fundamental
nonessential, unnecessary
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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