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Unit 9 Flashcards

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one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part

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Bystander

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To speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly

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Accelerate

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To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over n detail; to discuss

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Canvass

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Happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal

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Casual

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Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

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Downtrodden

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To attract,tempt

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Entice

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To wear away gradually, eat away

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Erode

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To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

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Flounder

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Lifelike, vivid,; relating to the pictorial arts

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Graphic

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Horrible, revolting, ghastly

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Gruesome

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Sad, gloomy, unhappy

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Melancholy

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Sadness, gloominess

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Melancholy

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A difficult or painful experience, a trial

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Ordeal

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To make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat

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Parch

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

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Persist

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Of less than normal strength or size; of no importance

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Puny

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

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Quibble

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A petty objection

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Quibble

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To approve, give formal approval to, confirm

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Ratify

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Royal, kinglike; fit for a king

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Regal

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To smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off

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Stifle

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Having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial

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Vital

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S for accelerate

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Step up, quicken, hasten

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S for bystander

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Observer, spectator, onlooker

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S for canvass

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Poll, survey, solicit

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S for casual

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Accidental, haphazard, offhand

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S for downtrodden

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Mistreated, ground underfoot

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S for entice

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Lure, beguile

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S for erode

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Corrode, abrade

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S for flounder

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Wallow, struggle

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S for graphic

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Lively, colorful, descriptive

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S for gruesome

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Gory, hideous, grisly

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S for melancholy

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Depressed, dejected; dejection, depression

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S for ordeal

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Test, hardship

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S for parch

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Dry up, dehydrate, desiccate

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S for persist

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Persevere, keep at it, endure

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S for puny

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Undersized, pint-size, small, weak

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S for quibble

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Nitpick, split hairs, cavil; squabble

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S for ratify

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Endorse, sanction, uphold

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S for regal

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Majestic, stately, princely, august

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S for stifle

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Strangle, suppress, snuff

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S for vital

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Indispensable, fundamental

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A for accelerate

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Slow down, retard, decelerate

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A for bystander

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Active participant

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A for casual

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Formal, serious, premeditated, intentional

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A for downtrodden

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Uplifted, liberated

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A for entice

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Nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel

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A for erode

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Nurture, promote, encourage

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A for graphic

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Dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless

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A for gruesome

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Pleasant, delightful, appealing

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A for melancholy

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Merry, happy, cheerful; joy, elation

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A for ordeal

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Pleasure, cinch

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A for parch

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Soak, drench, saturate, waterlog

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A for persist

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Give up, discontinue

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A for puny

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Robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic

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A for ratify

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Cancel, repeal, annul, veto

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A for regal

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Lowly, humble, abject, servile

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A for stifle

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Nurture, promote, encourage

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A for vital

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Nonessential, unnecessary

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