| Term | Definition |
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| accelerate | (v.) to speed up, cause to move faster, to bring about more quicksly |
| bystander | (n.) one who looks on or observes, or a person present but not taking part |
| canvass | (v.) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinons or to go over in detail, to discuss |
| casual | (adj.) happening by chance or an irregular basis, informal or showing little concern |
| downtrodden | (adj.) treated unfairly and cruel, opressed |
| intice | (v.) to attract or tempt |
| erode | (v.) to wear away gradually or eat away |
| flounder | (v.) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | (adj.) lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts |
| gruesome | (adj.) horrible, revolting, and gastly |
| melancholy | (adj.) sad, gloomy, unhappy (n.) saddness or gloomyness |
| ordeal | (n.) a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| parch | (v.) to make dray and thirsty, to shrivle with heat |
| persist | (v.) to continue stedily in a course of action, to refuse to stop or be changed, to last or remain |
| puny | (adj.) of less than normal strength or size, of no importance |
| quibble | (v.) to evade or belittle, a point by twisting words or raisy minor objections (n.) a petty objection |
| ratify | (v.) to approve, give formal aproval to, or confirm |
| regal | (adj.) royal, kinglike, fit for a king |
| stifle | (v.) to smuther, prevent from breathing, to hold back or choke off |
| vitle | (adj.) having life, living necessary to life, assential, key, crutial |
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