| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | speed up |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes |
| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure |
| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly |
| entice | to attract, tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| flounder | to trash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| 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 | of less than normal strength or size |
| quibble | to envade or belittlle a point by twisting words or raising minor objection |
| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to |
| regal | royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing |
| vital | having life, living |
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