| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions |
| casual | happening by chance or an irregular basis |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppresed |
| entice | to attract, tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size |
| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections |
| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to, confirm |
| regal | royal, kinglike |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing |
| vital | having life, living |
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