Vocabulary 9

20 cards·by ogdenm

Accelerate means?

to speed up

Bystander means?

one who looks on or observes

Canvass means?

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

Causal means?

showing a little concern

Downtrodden means?

treated unfairly and cruelly

Entice means?

to attract, tempt

Erode means?

to wear away gradually

Flounder means?

to thrash in a clumsy way

Graphic means?

lifelike

Gruesome means?

horrible

Melancholy means?

sad and gloomy

Ordeal means?

a difficult or painful experience

Parch means?

to make dry and thirsty

Persist means?

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

Puny means?

of less than normal strength or size

Quibble means?

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

Ratify means?

to approve, give formal infomation

Regal means?

royal and kinglike

Stifle means?

to smother, prevent from breathing

Vital means?

having life, living