| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acclelerate | to speed up; quicken - slow down |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes; observer - active participant |
| canvass | to go over in detail or dicuss; survey |
| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis; accidental - intentional |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly; mistreated - liberated |
| entice | to attract; lure - repel |
| erode | to wear away gradually; corrode - nurture |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way; struggle |
| graphic | lifelike or vivid; colorful - boring |
| gruesome | horrible; hideous - appealing |
| melancholy | sad or sadness; depressed - happy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful expirience; hardship - pleasure |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty; dry up - soak |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action; keep at it - give up |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size; undersized - gigantic |
| quiblbe | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or rasing minor objections; cavil |
| ratify | to approve or confirm; endorse - cancel |
| regal | royal or fit for a king; majestic - servile |
| stifle | to smoother or prevent from breathing; strangle - nurture |
| vital | necessary to life; fundamental - unnecessary |
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