Unit 9 Synonyms And Antonyms Flashcards by Isabella Costanzo | Brainscape

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Bystanders

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Observe, spectator, onlooker

Active, participant

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Accelerate

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Step up, quicken, hasten

Slow down, retard, decelerate

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Canvass

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Poll, survey, solicit

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Casual

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Accidental, haphazard, offhand

Formal, serious, permediated, intentional

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Downtrodden

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Mistreated, underground, underfoot

Up,often, liberated

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Entice

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Lure, beguile

Nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel

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Erode

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Corrode, abrade

Nurture, promote, encourage

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Flounder

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Wallow, struggle

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Graphic

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Lively, colorly, descriptive

Dull, boring, unrealistic

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Gruesome

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Gory, hideous, grisly

Pleasant, delightful, appealing

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Melancholy

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Depressed, dejected; dejected, depressed

Merry, happy, cheerful; joy, elation

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Ordeal

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Test, hardship

Pleasure, cinch

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Parch

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Dry up, dehydrate, desiccate

Soak, drench, saturate, waterlog

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Persist

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Preserve, keep at it, endure

Give up, discontinue

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Puny

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Undersized, pint sized small, weak

Brawny, robust, mammoth, gigantic

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Quibble

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Nitpick, split hairs, cavil; squabble

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Ratify

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Endorse, sanction, uphold

Cancel, repeal, annual, veto

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Regal

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Majestic, stately, princely August

Lowly, humble, abject, servile

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Stifle

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Strangle, suppress, nub

Nurture, premote, encourage

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Vital

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Indispensable, fundamental

Nonessential, unnecessary