Chapter 9 Flashcards
Happening by chance or on an irregular basis
Synonyms: accidental, haphazard, offhand
Antonyms: formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
Casual
Sad, gloomy, unhappy
Synonyms: depressed, dejected, depression
Antonyms: merry, happy, cheerful, joy, elation
Melancholy
A person present but not to take part
Bystander
To bring about more quickly
Accelerate
To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions
Synonyms: poll, survey, solicit
Canvass
Relating to pictorial arts
Graphic
Necessary to life, essential
Vital
To speed up, cause to move faster
Synonyms: step up, quicken, hasten
Antonyms: slow down, retard, decelerate
Accelerate
To go over in detail
Canvass
To discuss
Canvass
Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
Synonyms: mistreated, ground underfoot
Antonyms: uplifted, liberated
Downtrodden
Horrible, revolting, ghastly
Gruesome
To evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections
Synonyms: nitpick, slit hairs, cavil, squabble
Quibble
Informal
Casual
Royal, king like
Synonyms: majestic, stately, princely, August
Antonyms: lowly, humble, abject, servile
Regal
To continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed
Synonyms: persevere, keep at it, endure
Antonyms: give up, discontinue
Persist
To smother, prevent from breathing
Synonyms: strangle, suppress, snuff
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage
Stifle
To wear away gradually, eat away
Synonyms: corrode, abrade
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage
Erode
Having life, living
Synonyms: indispensable, fundamental
Antonyms: nonessential, unnecessary
Vital
To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
Synonyms: wallow, struggle
Flounder
Lifelike, vivid
Synonyms: lively, colorful, descriptive
Antonyms: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
Graphic
Sadness, gloominess
Melancholy
One who looks on or observes
Synonyms: observer, spectator, onlooker
Antonyms: active, participant
Bystander
A difficult or painful experience, a trial
Synonyms: test hardship
Antonyms: pleasure, cinch
Ordeal
To attract, tempt
Synonyms: lire, beguile
Antonyms: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
Entice
To make dry and thirsty
Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate, desiccate
Antonyms: soak, drench, saturate, waterlog
Parch
Showing little concern
Casual
To last, remain
Persist
Of less than normal strength or size
Synonyms: undersized, pint-sized, small, weak
Antonyms: robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
Puny
A petty objection
Quibble
To approve, give formal approval to, confirm
Synonyms: endorse, sanction, uphold
Antonyms: cancel, repeal, annual, veto
Ratify
Fit for a king
Regal
To hold back or choke off
Stifle
Key, crucial
Vital
Of no importance
Puny
