| Term | Definition |
| Accelerate | To bring about more quickly |
| Bystander | A person who looks on or observes |
| Canvass | To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions |
| Casual | Happening by change or on an irregular basis |
| Downtrodden | To treat unfairly and cruelly |
| Entice | To tempt |
| Erode | To wear away gradually |
| Flounder | To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| Graphic | Relating to the pictorial arts |
| Gruesome | Revolting |
| Melancholy | Unhappy |
| Ordeal | A difficult or painful experience |
| Parch | To make dry of thirsty |
| Persist | To continue steadily in a course of action |
| Puny | Less than normal strength or size |
| Quibble | A petty objection |
| Ratify | To give formal approval to |
| Regal | Fit for a king |
| Stifle | To prevent from breathing |
| Vital | Necessary to live |