Vocabulary Unit 9 Definitions
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- persist
- 1. to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
- ratify
- 1. to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
- parch
- 1. to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
- flounder
- 1. to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
- gruesome
- 1. horrible, revolting, ghastly
- quibble
- 1. to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; 2. a etty objection
- regal
- 1. royal, kinglike; fit for a king
- entice
- 1. to attract, tempt
- ordeal
- 1. a difficult or painful experience, a trial
- erode
- 1. to wear away gradually, eat away
- accelerate
- 1. to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly
- melancholy
- 1. sad, gloomy, unhappy; 2. sadness, gloominess
- vital
- 1. having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
- downtrodden
- 1. treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
- bystander
- 1. one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
- stifle
- 1. to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
- graphic
- 1. lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
- canvass
- 1. to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions, to go over in detail; to discuss
- casual
- 1. happening by chance or an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
- puny
- 1. of less than normal strength or size; of no importance