| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly |
| 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; to go over in detail, discuss |
| casual | happening by chance; informal |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| entice | to attract or tempt |
| erode | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience; a trial |
| parch | to make dry and thristy; to shrivel with heat |
| persist | to contiue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size, weak, sickly; of no importance |
| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising monor objections; a petty objection |
| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to , confirm |
| regal | royal, kinglike, fit for a king |
| stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing, to hold back or choke off |
| vital | having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial |
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