Vocab.wkshp 9 syn&ant
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- entice
- lure, beguile / nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel
- gruesome
- gory, hideous, grisly / pleasant, delightful, appealing
- ordeal
- test, hardship / pleasure, cinch
- puny
- undersized, pint-size, small, weak / robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic
- casual
- accidental, haphazard, offhand / formal, serious, premeditated, intentional
- graphic
- lively, colorful, descriptive / dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless
- stifle
- strangle, suppress, snuff / nurture, promote, encourage
- vital
- insispensable, fundamentable / nonessential, unnecessary
- ratify
- endorse, sanction, uphold / cancel, repeal, annul, veto
- downtrodden
- mistreated, ground underfoot / uplifted, liberated
- accelerate
- step up,quicken,hasten / slow down, retard, decelerate
- persist
- persevere, keep at it, endure / give up, dicontinue
- canvass
- poll, survey, solicit / ----
- melancholy
- (adj.) depressed, dejected; (n) depression, dejection / (adj.) merry, happy, cheerful; (n.) joy, elation
- flounder
- wallow, struggle / ----
- bystander
- observer, spectator, onlooker / active participant
- erode
- corrode, abrade / nurture, promote, encourage
- regal
- majestic, princely, stately, august / lowly, humble, abject, servile
- quibble
- (v.) nitpick, split hairs, cavil ; (n.) squabble / ----
- parch
- dry up, dehydrate, desiccate / soak, drench, saturate, waterlog