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