| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Accelerate | V- to speed up, cause to move faster, to bring about more quickly Syn- step up, quicken, hasten Ant- slow down, retard, decelerate |
| Bystander | N- one who looks or observes, a person present but not taking part Syn- observer, spectator, onlooker Ant- active participant |
| Canvass | V- to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions, to go over in detail, to discuss Syn- poll, survey, solicit |
| Casual | Adj- happening by chance or on an irregular basis, showing little concern, informal Syn- accidental, haphazard, offhand Ant- formal, serious, premeditated, intentional |
| Downtrodden | Adj- treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed Syn- mistreated, ground underfoot Ant- uplifted, liberated |
| Entice | V- to attract, tempt Syn- lure, beguile Ant- nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel |
| Erode | V- to wear away gradually, eat away Syn- corrode, abrade Ant- nurture, promote, encourage |
| Flounder | V- to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way Syn- wallow, struggle |
| Graphic | Adj- lifelike, vivid, relating to pictorial arts Syn- livley, colorful, descriptive Ant- dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless |
| Gruesome | Adj- horrible, revolting, ghastly Syn- gory, hideous, grisly Ant- pleasant, delightful, appealing |
| Melancholy | Adj- sad, gloomy, unhappy N- sadness, gloominess Syn- (adj) depressed, dejected (n) decjection, depression Ant- (adj) merry, happy, cheerfull (n) joy, elation |
| Ordeal | N- a difficut or painful experience, a trail Syn- test, hardship Ant- pleasure, cinch |
| Parch | V- to make dry and thirsty, to shrivle with heat Syn- dry up, dehydrate, desiccate Ant- soak, drench, saturate, waterlog |
| Persist | V- to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain Syn- persevere, keep at it, endure Ant- give up, discontuine |
| Puny | Adj- of less than notmal strength or size, of no importance Syn- undersized, pint-sized, small, weak Ant- robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic |
| Quibble | V- to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections N- a petty objection Syn- (v) nitpick, split hairs, cavil (n) squabble |
| Ratify | V- to approve, give formal approval to, confirm Syn- endorse, sanction, uphold Ant- cancle, repeal, annul, veto |
| Regal | Adj- royal, kinglike; fit for a king Syn- majestic, statley, princley, august Ant- lowly, humble, abject, servile |
| Stifle | V- to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off Syn- strangle, suppress, snuff Anyt- nurture, promote, encourage |
| Vital | Adj- having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial Syn- indispensable, fundamental Ant- nonessential, unnessecary |
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