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Vocab. Lev.B
Unit 9
Word | Definition |
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accelerate | to speed up |
bystander | one who looks on or observes |
canvass | to go through an area in order to produce votes, sales or options |
casual | happening by chance or on an irregular basis |
downtrodden | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
entice | to attract, tempt |
erode | to wear away gradually, or eat away |
flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
graphic | lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts |
gruesome | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy, sadness, gloominess |
ordeal | a difficult, painful experience, a trial |
parch | to make dry and thirsty, to shrivel with heat |
persist | to continue steadily with a course of action |
puny | of less than normal strength or size |
quibble | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections |
ratify | to give formal approval, to confirm |
regal | royal, kinglike, fit for a king |
stifle | to smother, prevent from breathing, to hold back or choke off |
vital | having life, living, necessary to life, essential, key, crucial |