| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accelerate | speed up |
| bystander | one who looks on or observes |
| canvass | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions |
| casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis |
| downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly |
| entice | to tempt |
| erode | to wear away casually |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy way |
| graphic | vivid |
| gruesome | horrible |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience |
| parch | to make dry and thirsty |
| persist | to continue steadily in course of action |
| puny | of less than normal size or strength |
| quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words of raising minor objects |
| ratify | to approve, confirm |
| regal | royal. kinglike |
| stifle | prevent from breathing, hold back |
| vital | living |
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