Quizlet vocab. wkshp unit 9

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  1. acclelerate: to speed up; quicken - slow down
  2. bystander: one who looks on or observes; observer - active participant
  3. canvass: to go over in detail or dicuss; survey
  4. casual: happening by chance or on an irregular basis; accidental - intentional
  5. downtrodden: treated unfairly and cruelly; mistreated - liberated
  6. entice: to attract; lure - repel
  7. erode: to wear away gradually; corrode - nurture
  8. flounder: to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way; struggle
  9. graphic: lifelike or vivid; colorful - boring
  10. gruesome: horrible; hideous - appealing
  11. melancholy: sad or sadness; depressed - happy
  12. ordeal: a difficult or painful expirience; hardship - pleasure
  13. parch: to make dry and thirsty; dry up - soak
  14. persist: to continue steadily in a course of action; keep at it - give up
  15. puny: of less than normal strength or size; undersized - gigantic
  16. quiblbe: to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or rasing minor objections; cavil
  17. ratify: to approve or confirm; endorse - cancel
  18. regal: royal or fit for a king; majestic - servile
  19. stifle: to smoother or prevent from breathing; strangle - nurture
  20. vital: necessary to life; fundamental - unnecessary