Chapter 9

Question 0

Happening by chance or on an irregular basis

Synonyms: accidental, haphazard, offhand
Antonyms: formal, serious, premeditated, intentional

Answer 0

Casual

Question 1

Sad, gloomy, unhappy

Synonyms: depressed, dejected, depression
Antonyms: merry, happy, cheerful, joy, elation

Answer 1

Melancholy

Question 2

A person present but not to take part

Answer 2

Bystander

Question 3

To bring about more quickly

Answer 3

Accelerate

Question 3

To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions

Synonyms: poll, survey, solicit

Answer 3

Canvass

Question 5

Relating to pictorial arts

Answer 5

Graphic

Question 6

Necessary to life, essential

Answer 6

Vital

Question 7

To speed up, cause to move faster

Synonyms: step up, quicken, hasten
Antonyms: slow down, retard, decelerate

Answer 7

Accelerate

Question 7

To go over in detail

Answer 7

Canvass

Question 8

To discuss

Answer 8

Canvass

Question 9

Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

Synonyms: mistreated, ground underfoot
Antonyms: uplifted, liberated

Answer 9

Downtrodden

Question 11

Horrible, revolting, ghastly

Answer 11

Gruesome

Question 12

To evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections

Synonyms: nitpick, slit hairs, cavil, squabble

Answer 12

Quibble

Question 13

Informal

Answer 13

Casual

Question 15

Royal, king like

Synonyms: majestic, stately, princely, August
Antonyms: lowly, humble, abject, servile

Answer 15

Regal

Question 16

To continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed

Synonyms: persevere, keep at it, endure
Antonyms: give up, discontinue

Answer 16

Persist

Question 17

To smother, prevent from breathing

Synonyms: strangle, suppress, snuff
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage

Answer 17

Stifle

Question 18

To wear away gradually, eat away

Synonyms: corrode, abrade
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage

Answer 18

Erode

Question 21

Having life, living

Synonyms: indispensable, fundamental
Antonyms: nonessential, unnecessary

Answer 21

Vital

Question 22

To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

Synonyms: wallow, struggle

Answer 22

Flounder

Question 23

Lifelike, vivid

Synonyms: lively, colorful, descriptive
Antonyms: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless

Answer 23

Graphic

Question 24

Sadness, gloominess

Answer 24

Melancholy

Question 25

One who looks on or observes

Synonyms: observer, spectator, onlooker
Antonyms: active, participant

Answer 25

Bystander

Question 25

A difficult or painful experience, a trial

Synonyms: test hardship
Antonyms: pleasure, cinch

Answer 25

Ordeal

Question 26

To attract, tempt

Synonyms: lire, beguile
Antonyms: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel

Answer 26

Entice

Question 27

To make dry and thirsty

Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate, desiccate
Antonyms: soak, drench, saturate, waterlog

Answer 27

Parch

Question 28

Showing little concern

Answer 28

Casual

Question 28

To last, remain

Answer 28

Persist

Question 29

Of less than normal strength or size

Synonyms: undersized, pint-sized, small, weak
Antonyms: robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic

Answer 29

Puny

Question 30

A petty objection

Answer 30

Quibble

Question 31

To approve, give formal approval to, confirm

Synonyms: endorse, sanction, uphold
Antonyms: cancel, repeal, annual, veto

Answer 31

Ratify

Question 32

Fit for a king

Answer 32

Regal

Question 32

To hold back or choke off

Answer 32

Stifle

Question 33

Key, crucial

Answer 33

Vital

Question 34

Of no importance

Answer 34

Puny