VCJH. English 7. Vocabulary Unit 9 Flashcards
(20 cards)
bystander
a person present but not taking part, one who looks on or observes
Syn - observer, onlooker
Ant - active participant
Accelerate
to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly.
Syn - Step up, quicken, hasten
Ant - slow down, decelerate
Canvass
to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail, to discuss
Syn - survey, solicit
casual
informal, showing little concern; happening by chance or on an irregular basis
Syn - haphazard, offhand
Ant - formal, serious, premeditated
downtrodden
treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
Syn - mistreated, ground underfoot
Ant - uplifted, liberated
entice
to attract, tempt
Syn - lure, lead on
Ant - nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
erode
to wear away gradually, eat away
Syn - corrode, abrade
Ant - nurture, promote, encourage
flounder
to thrash about in a cllumsy or ineffective way
Syn - wallow, struggle
graphic
lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
Syn - colorful, descriptive
Ant - dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
gruesome
horrible, revolting, ghastly
Syn - gory, hideous
Ant - pleasant, delightful, appealing
melancholy
sad, gloomy, unhappy; sadness, gloominess
Syn - depressed, dejected; dejection, depression
Ant - mery, happy, cheerful; joy, elation
ordeal
a difficult or painful experience, a trial
Syn - hardship, trauma
Ant - pleasure, cinch
parch
to make dry or thirsty; to shrivel with heat
Syn - dry up, dehydrate
Ant - soak, drench, saturate
persist
to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
Syn - persevere, keep at it, endure
Ant - give up, discontinue
puny
small, of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
Syn - undersized, pint-size, small, weak
Ant - robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
quibble
a petty objection; to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections
Syn - split hairs, squabble
ratify
to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
Syn -endorse, sanction
Ant - cancel, annul, veto
regal
royal, kinglike; fit for a king
Syn - majestic, stately, princely, august
Ant - low, humble, abject, servile
stifle
to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
Syn - strangle, suppress, snuff
Ant - nurture, promote, encourage
vital
having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
Syn - indispensable
Ant - nonessential, unnecessary
