unit 9

Question 0

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

Answer 0

bystander

Question 1

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

Answer 1

accelerate

Question 2

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

Answer 2

canvass

Question 3

happening by chance or on on an irregulr basis

Answer 3

casual

Question 4

treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

Answer 4

downtrodden

Question 5

to attract, tempt

Answer 5

entice

Question 6

to wear away gradually, eat away

Answer 6

erode

Question 7

to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

Answer 7

flounder

Question 8

lifelike vivid relating to the pictorial arts

Answer 8

graphic

Question 9

horrible, revolting, ghastly

Answer 9

gruesome

Question 10

sad, gloomy, unhappy,

Answer 10

melancholy

Question 11

a difficult or painful experience, a trial

Answer 11

ordeal

Question 12

to make dry and thirsty

Answer 12

parch

Question 13

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

Answer 13

persist

Question 14

of less than normal strength or size

Answer 14

puny

Question 15

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

Answer 15

quibble

Question 16

to approve, give formal approval to

Answer 16

ratify

Question 17

royal, kinglike, fit for a king

Answer 17

regal

Question 18

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

Answer 18

stifile

Question 19

having life, living, necessary to life, essential, key, crucial

Answer 19

vital