 | Term | Definition |
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accelerate |
to speed up, cause faster movement, to bring about more quickly |
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bystander |
one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
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canvass |
to go through an area to procure votes, sales, or opinions, to go over in detail, discuss |
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casual |
happening by chance or on an irregular basis, showing little concern, informal |
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downtrodden |
treated unfairly or cruley, oppressed |
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entice |
attract, tempt |
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erode |
to wear away gradually, oppressed |
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flounder |
to thrash about in a clumsy, ineffective way |
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graphic |
lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts |
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gruesome |
horrible, revolting, gahstly |
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melancholy |
sad, gloomy, unhappy, OR saddness, or gloominess |
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ordeal |
a difficult of painful experience, a trial |
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parch |
to make dry, thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
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persist |
to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop orbe changed; to last, remain |
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puny |
less than normal strength or size, of no importance |
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quibble |
to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections OR a petty objection |
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ratify |
to approve, to give formal approve to, confirm |
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regal |
royal, kinglike, fit for a king |
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stifle |
to smother, to hold back or choke off, to prevent from breathing |
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vital |
having life, living; essential to life; neccesary, key, crutial |
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