| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | v. make move faster or happen earlier; increase the speed of |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part/ observer, spectator, onlooker |
| canvass | determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. |
| casual | happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| entice | 1. to attract, tempt |
| erode | eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; |
| flounder | 1. to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | evoking lifelike images within the mind |
| gruesome | 1. horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed |
| ordeal | difficult or painful experience |
| 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 | 1. of less than normal strength or size; of no importance |
| 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 | vibrant and lively, critical, living, breathing |
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