| A | B |
|---|
| ratify | to approve or confirm |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful experience |
| erode | to wear or eat away gradually |
| bystander | one who looks, but does not participate |
| quibble | to raise minior objections; petty objection |
| melancholy | sad or unhappy; gloominess |
| entice | to attract or tempt |
| accelerate | to speed up or bring about more quickly |
| vital | having life; necessary to life; crucial |
| puny | of less than normal strength or size; weak or sickly |
| gruesome | horrible, revolting or ghastly |
| downtrodden | treated cruelly or unfairly |
| stifle | to smother or choke off |
| persist | to continue steadily or remain |
| graphic | vivid; or relating to pictorial arts |
| casual | happening by chance; showing little concern; or informal |
| regal | royal or fit for a king |
| parch | to make dry & thirsty; or shrivel with heat |
| flounder | to thrash about in a clumsy way |
| canvass | to go thru an area in order to get votes, sales or opinions. |
