Unit 9 Flashcards
one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
Bystander
To speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly
Accelerate
To go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over n detail; to discuss
Canvass
Happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
Casual
Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
Downtrodden
To attract,tempt
Entice
To wear away gradually, eat away
Erode
To thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
Flounder
Lifelike, vivid,; relating to the pictorial arts
Graphic
Horrible, revolting, ghastly
Gruesome
Sad, gloomy, unhappy
Melancholy
Sadness, gloominess
Melancholy
A difficult or painful experience, a trial
Ordeal
To make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
Parch
To continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
Persist
Of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
Puny
To evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections
Quibble
A petty objection
Quibble
To approve, give formal approval to, confirm
Ratify
Royal, kinglike; fit for a king
Regal
To smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
Stifle
Having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
Vital
S for accelerate
Step up, quicken, hasten
S for bystander
Observer, spectator, onlooker
S for canvass
Poll, survey, solicit
S for casual
Accidental, haphazard, offhand
S for downtrodden
Mistreated, ground underfoot
S for entice
Lure, beguile
S for erode
Corrode, abrade
S for flounder
Wallow, struggle
S for graphic
Lively, colorful, descriptive
S for gruesome
Gory, hideous, grisly
S for melancholy
Depressed, dejected; dejection, depression
S for ordeal
Test, hardship
S for parch
Dry up, dehydrate, desiccate
S for persist
Persevere, keep at it, endure
S for puny
Undersized, pint-size, small, weak
S for quibble
Nitpick, split hairs, cavil; squabble
S for ratify
Endorse, sanction, uphold
S for regal
Majestic, stately, princely, august
S for stifle
Strangle, suppress, snuff
S for vital
Indispensable, fundamental
A for accelerate
Slow down, retard, decelerate
A for bystander
Active participant
A for casual
Formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
A for downtrodden
Uplifted, liberated
A for entice
Nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
A for erode
Nurture, promote, encourage
A for graphic
Dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
A for gruesome
Pleasant, delightful, appealing
A for melancholy
Merry, happy, cheerful; joy, elation
A for ordeal
Pleasure, cinch
A for parch
Soak, drench, saturate, waterlog
A for persist
Give up, discontinue
A for puny
Robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
A for ratify
Cancel, repeal, annul, veto
A for regal
Lowly, humble, abject, servile
A for stifle
Nurture, promote, encourage
A for vital
Nonessential, unnecessary
