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Vocab Unit 9 Level B
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level B
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| accelerate | (v) to speed up, cause to move faster, to bring about more quickly (syn) step up, quicken, hasten (ant) slow down, retard, decelerate |
| bystander | (n) one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part (syn) observer, spectator, onlooker (ant) active participant |
| canvass | (v) to go through and area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go in detail, to discuss (syn) poll, survey, solicit |
| casual | (adj) happening by chance or on irregular basis;showing little concern, informal (syn) accidental, haphazard, offhand (ant) formal, serious, premeditated, intentional |
| downtrodden | (adj) treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed (syn) mistreated, ground underfoot (ant) uplifted, liberated |
| entice | (v) to attract, tempt (syn) lure, beguile (ant) nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel |
| erode | (v) to wear away gradually, eat away (syn) corrode, abrade (ant)nurture, promote, encourage |
| flounder | (v) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way (syn) wallow, struggle |
| graphic | (adj) lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts (syn) lively, colorful, descriptive (ant) dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless |
| gruesome | (adj) horrible, revolting, ghastly, (syn) gory, hideous, grisly (ant) pleasant, delightful, appealing |
| melancholy | (adj) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n) sadness, gloominess (syn) (adj) depressed, dejected (n) dejection, depression (ant)(adj) merry, happy, cheerful, (n) joy, elation |
| ordeal | (n) a difficult or painful experience, a trial (syn) test, hardship (ant) pleasure, cinch |
| parch | (v) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat (syn) dry up, dehydrate, desiccate (ant) soak, drench, saturate, waterlog |
| persist | (v) to continue steadily in a course of action; refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain (syn) persevere, keep at it, endure (ant) give up, discontinue |
| puny | (adj) of less normal strength or size; of no importance (syn) undersized, pint-size, small, weak (ant) robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic |
| quibble | (v) to evade or belittle a point by twistiing words or raising minor objections; (n) a petty objection (syn) (v) nitpick, split hairs, cavil;(n) squabble |
| ratify | (v) to approve, give formal approval to, confirm (syn) endorse, sanction, uphold (ant) cancel, repeal, annul, veto |
| regal | (adj) royal, kinglike, fit for a king (syn) majestic, stately, princely, august (ant) lowly, humble, abject, servile |
| stifle | (v) to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off (syn) to strangle, suppress, snuff (ant) nurture, promote, encourage |
| vital | (adj) having life, living, necessary to life, essential; key, crucial (syn) indispensable, fundamental (ant) nonessential, unnecessary |
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