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