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Term Definition
accelerate step up,quicken,hasten / slow down, retard, decelerate
bystander observer, spectator, onlooker / active participant
canvass poll, survey, solicit / ----
casual accidental, haphazard, offhand / formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
downtrodden mistreated, ground underfoot / uplifted, liberated
entice lure, beguile / nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
erode corrode, abrade / nurture, promote, encourage
flounder wallow, struggle / ----
graphic lively, colorful, descriptive / dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
gruesome gory, hideous, grisly / pleasant, delightful, appealing
melancholy (adj.) depressed, dejected; (n) depression, dejection / (adj.) merry, happy, cheerful; (n.) joy, elation
ordeal test, hardship / pleasure, cinch
parch dry up, dehydrate, desiccate / soak, drench, saturate, waterlog
persist persevere, keep at it, endure / give up, dicontinue
puny undersized, pint-size, small, weak / robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
quibble (v.) nitpick, split hairs, cavil ; (n.) squabble / ----
ratify endorse, sanction, uphold / cancel, repeal, annul, veto
regal majestic, princely, stately, august / lowly, humble, abject, servile
stifle strangle, suppress, snuff / nurture, promote, encourage
vital insispensable, fundamentable / nonessential, unnecessary

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Creator emivero
Created November 12, 2007
Group Baldwin School Seventh Grade
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  1. quibble → (v.) nitpick, split hairs, cavil ; (n.) squabble / ---- - 2 misses
  2. accelerate → step up,quicken,hasten / slow down, retard, decelerate - 1 miss
  3. erode → corrode, abrade / nurture, promote, encourage - 1 miss
  4. flounder → wallow, struggle / ---- - 1 miss
  5. persist → persevere, keep at it, endure / give up, dicontinue - 1 miss
  6. puny → undersized, pint-size, small, weak / robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic - 1 miss
  7. ratify → endorse, sanction, uphold / cancel, repeal, annul, veto - 1 miss