| A | B |
|---|
| ACCELERATE | to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly |
| BYSTANDER | one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part |
| CANVASS | to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss |
| CASUAL | happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal |
| DOWNTRODDEN | treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed |
| ENTICE | to attract, tempt |
| ERODE | to wear away gradually, eat away |
| FLOUNDER | to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way |
| GRAPHIC | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts |
| GRUESOME | horrible, revolting, ghastly |
| MELANCHOLY | sad, gloomy, unhappy |
| ORDEAL | a difficult or painful experience, a trial |
| PARCH | to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat |
| PERSIST | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain |
| PUNY | of less than normal strength or size; of no importance |
| QUIBBLE | to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections |
| RATIFY | to approve, give formal approval to , confirm |
| REGAL | royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
| STIFLE | to smother, prevent from breathing |
| VITAL | having life, living, necessary to life, essential |
