| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | v. make move faster or happen earlier; increase the speed of |
| bystander | 1. one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
| canvass | an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
| casual | natural and unstudied |
| downtrodden | 1. treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| entice | 1. to attract, tempt |
| erode | to wear away; to eat away |
| flounder | 1. to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | 1. lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
| gruesome | 1. horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
| ordeal | 1. a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| parch | 1. to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
| persist | 1. to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain |
| puny | less of normal strength or size |
| quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections |
| ratify | approve formally; confirm; verify |
| regal | 1. royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
| stifle | 1. to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off |
| vital | 1. having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial |
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