vocabulary 9

words/definitions

19 cards·by stumpfl

accelerate

to speed up

bystander

one who looks on or observer

canvass

to go through an are in order to procure votes

casual

happening by chance

downtrodden

treated unfairly and cruelly

entice

to attract; tempt

erode

to wear away gradually

flounder

to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

graphic

lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts

gruesome

horrible; revolting; ghastly

melancholy

sad; gloomy; unhappy

ordeal

a difficult or painful experience; a trial

parch

to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat

persist

to continue steadily in a course of action,

puny

of less than normal strength or size

quibble

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

ratify

to approve, give formal approval to; confirm

regal

royal, kinglike; fit for a king

stifle

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