| 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 on 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 opinion;to go over in detail;to discuss syn:pollsurvey,solicit |
| casual | (adj.)happening by chance or on an irreguar basis;showing little concern;information.syn:accidental,haphazard,offhand ant:formalserious,premeditated,intenional. |
| downtrodden | (adj.)treated unfarliy and cruelly,oppressed syn:mistreated,ground underfoot ant:uplifted,liberated. |
| entice | (v.)to attract,temptsyn:lure,beguile ant:nauseate,sicken,revolt,repel. |
| erode | (v.)to wear away; to eat away |
| flounder | (v.) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | (adj.)evoking lifelike images within the mind |
| gruesome | (adj.)horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | (adj.) sad; depressing |
| ordeal | (n.) a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| parch | (v.). to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
| persist | (v.)to continue steadily in a course of action,refuuse to stop or be changed. |
| puny | (adj.)of less than normal strenght or size of no importance. |
| quibble | (v.)to evade of belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections. |
| ratify | (v.)to approve give formal approval |
| regal | (adj.)royal,kinglike,fit for a king |
| stifle | (v.)to smother,prevent from breathing |
| vital | (adj.)having life living necessary to life essential key crucial. |
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