Vocabulary Workshop Level B Unit 9 – Flashcards
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accelerate
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to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly
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bystander
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one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
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canvass
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to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss
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casual
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happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
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downtrodden
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treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
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entice
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to attract, tempt
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erode
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to wear away gradually, eat away
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flounder
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to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
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graphic
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lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
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gruesome
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horrible, revolting, ghastly
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melancholy
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adj. sad, gloomy, unhappy; n. sadness, gloominess
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ordeal
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a difficult or painful experience, a trial
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parch
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to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
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persist
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to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
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puny
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of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
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quibble
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v. to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; n. a petty object
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ratify
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to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
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regal
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royal, kinglike; fit for a king
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stifle
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to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
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vital
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aving life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
