Unit 9 Flashcards
(59 cards)
one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
Bystander
To speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly
Accelerate
To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over n detail; to discuss
Canvass
Happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
Casual
Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
Downtrodden
To attract,tempt
Entice
To wear away gradually, eat away
Erode
To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
Flounder
Lifelike, vivid,; relating to the pictorial arts
Graphic
Horrible, revolting, ghastly
Gruesome
Sad, gloomy, unhappy
Melancholy
Sadness, gloominess
Melancholy
A difficult or painful experience, a trial
Ordeal
To make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
Parch
To continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
Persist
Of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
Puny
To evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections
Quibble
A petty objection
Quibble
To approve, give formal approval to, confirm
Ratify
Royal, kinglike; fit for a king
Regal
To smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
Stifle
Having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
Vital
S for accelerate
Step up, quicken, hasten
S for bystander
Observer, spectator, onlooker
