E6 Vocab 9

Question 1

accelerate

Answer 1

to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring out more quicklysyn: step up, quicken, hastenant: slow down, retard, decelerate

Question 2

bystander

Answer 2

one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking partsyn: observer, spectator, onlookerant: active participant

Question 3

canvass

Answer 3

to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales or opinions; to go over in detail, to discusssyn: poll, survey, solicit

Question 4

casual

Answer 4

happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informalsyn: accidental, haphazard, offhandant: formal, serious, premeditated, intentional

Question 5

downtrodden

Answer 5

treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressedsyn: mistreated, ground underfootant: uplifted, liberated

Question 6

entice

Answer 6

to attract, temptsyn: lure, beguileant: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel

Question 7

erode

Answer 7

to wear away gradually, eat awaysyn: corrode, abradeant: nurture, promote, encourage

Question 8

flounder

Answer 8

to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective waysyn: wallow, struggle

Question 9

graphic

Answer 9

lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial artssyn: lively, colorful, descriptiveant: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless

Question 10

gruesome

Answer 10

horrible, revolting, ghastlysyn: gory, hideous, grislyant: pleasant, delightful, appealing

Question 11

melancholy

Answer 11

sad, gloomy, unhappy; sadness, gloominesssyn: depressed, dejectedant: merry, happy. cheerful, joy, elation

Question 12

ordeal

Answer 12

a difficult or painful experience, a trialsyn: test, hardshipant: pleasure, cinch

Question 13

parch

Answer 13

to make dry and thirsty, to shrivel with heatsyn: dry up, dehydrate, desiccateant: soak, drench, saturate, waterlog

Question 14

persist

Answer 14

to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remainsyn: persevere, keep at it, endureant: give up, discontinue

Question 15

puny

Answer 15

of less than normal strength or size; of no importancesyn: undersized, pint-size, small, weakant: robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic

Question 16

quibble

Answer 16

to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; a petty objectionsyn: nitpick, split hairs, cavil, squabble

Question 17

ratify

Answer 17

to approve, give formal approval to, confirmsyn: endorse, sanction, upholdant: cancel, repeal, annul, veto

Question 18

regal

Answer 18

royal, kinglike; fit for a kingsyn: majestic, stately, princely, augustant: lowly, humble, abject, servile

Question 19

stifle

Answer 19

to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke offsyn: strangle, suppress, snuffant: nurture, promote, encourage

Question 20

vital

Answer 20

having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucialsyn: indispensable, fundamentalant: nonessential, unnecessary

Question 21

Despite stern warnings from their doctor, the brothers _____ in their bad habits.

Answer 21

persist

Question 22

The wrestler let out a coarse burst of laughter when his ___ opponent entered the ring.

Answer 22

puny

Question 23

The legislatures of three fourths of the states must ____ an amendment to the US Constitution.

Answer 23

ratify

Question 24

Unable to ____ her anger, the sculptor lashed out at her harshest critic.

Answer 24

stifle

Question 25

Let’s not ___ over details.

Answer 25

quibble

Question 26

The two families pooled their resources to give the bride and groom a truly ___ wedding.

Answer 26

regal

Question 27

The treaty is of ____ importance to the security of our nation.

Answer 27

vital

Question 28

The buyer’s ____ notwithstanding, the parties soon came to an arrangment.

Answer 28

quibble

Question 29

Storms and mud slides ____ the road so that eventually it became impassible.

Answer 29

eroded

Question 30

A witness gave the reporter a ___ account of the destruction caused by the tornado.

Answer 30

graphic

Question 31

If you were spending your own money, rather than mine, you would be more inclined to ____ over the price of the repairs.

Answer 31

quibble

Question 32

After suffering much damage in the storm, the small craft was left to ____ about helplessly.

Answer 32

flounder

Question 33

The ___ crime rocked the ordinarily quiet neighborhood.

Answer 33

gruesome

Question 34

The climbers were exhausted by the ____.

Answer 34

ordeal

Question 35

It must have been the gloom of the house and the steady rain that made me feel so _____.

Answer 35

melancholy

Question 36

The fields of Oklahoma were ____ by drought in the 1930s.

Answer 36

parched

Question 37

The tune of the lyrics of the song were filled with ____.

Answer 37

melancholy

Question 38

The hikers needed to ___ their pace once it became clear that it would soon rain.

Answer 38

accelerate

Question 39

The students volunteered to ____ the neighborhood for our candidate.

Answer 39

canvass

Question 40

Most of the immigrants at Ellis Island represented the ____ masses yearning to be free.

Answer 40

downtrodden

Question 41

The ___ who had witnessed the collision gave his statement to the police.

Answer 41

bystander

Question 42

A ___ remark made by the mayor was taken out of context and used against him by the press.

Answer 42

casual

Question 43

To ___ shoppers into the store, salespersons were giving away coupons for free gifts.

Answer 43

entice

Question 44

A group of reporters from the local TV station ___ our district for reactions to the proposed changes in the law.

Answer 44

canvassed