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Flashcards: Vocab.wkshp 9 syn&ant

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acceleratestep up,quicken,hasten / slow down, retard, decelerate
bystanderobserver, spectator, onlooker / active participant
canvasspoll, survey, solicit / ----
casualaccidental, haphazard, offhand / formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
downtroddenmistreated, ground underfoot / uplifted, liberated
enticelure, beguile / nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
erodecorrode, abrade / nurture, promote, encourage
flounderwallow, struggle / ----
graphiclively, colorful, descriptive / dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
gruesomegory, hideous, grisly / pleasant, delightful, appealing
melancholy(adj.) depressed, dejected; (n) depression, dejection / (adj.) merry, happy, cheerful; (n.) joy, elation
ordealtest, hardship / pleasure, cinch
parchdry up, dehydrate, desiccate / soak, drench, saturate, waterlog
persistpersevere, keep at it, endure / give up, dicontinue
punyundersized, pint-size, small, weak / robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
quibble(v.) nitpick, split hairs, cavil ; (n.) squabble / ----
ratifyendorse, sanction, uphold / cancel, repeal, annul, veto
regalmajestic, princely, stately, august / lowly, humble, abject, servile
stiflestrangle, suppress, snuff / nurture, promote, encourage
vitalinsispensable, fundamentable / nonessential, unnecessary