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