v. to speed up, cause or move faster; to bring about more quickly

Synonyms: step up, quicken, hastem

Antonyms: Slowdown, retard, decelerate

n. one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part

Synonyms: observer, spectator, onlooker

Antonyms: active, participant

v. to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss

Synonyms: poll, survey, solicit

adj. happening by chance or in an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal

Synonyms: accidental, haphazard, offhand

Antonyms: formal, serious, premeditated

adj. treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

Synonyms: mistreated, ground underfoot

Antonyms: uplifted, liberated

v. to attract, tempt

Synonyms: lure, beguile

Antonyms: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel

v. to wear away gradually, eat away

Synonyms: corrode, abrade

Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage

v. to thrash about in a clumsy or innefective way

Synonyms: wallow, struggle

adj. lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts

Synonyms: lively, colorful, descriptive

Antonyms: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless

adj. horrible, revolting, ghastly

Synonyms: gory, hideous, grisly

Antonyms: pleasent, delightful, appealing

adj. sad, gloomy, unhappy n. sadness, gloominess

Synonyms: adj. depressed, dejected; n. dejection, deppression

Antonyms: adj. merry, happy, cheerfull; n. joy, elation

n. a difficult or painful experience, a trial

Synonyms: test, hardship

Antonyms: pleasure, clinch

v. to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat

Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate, desiccate

Antonyms: soak, drench, saturate, waterlog

v. to continue steadilyin a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain

Synonyms: persevere, keep at it, endure

Antonyms: give up, discontinue

adj. of less than normal strength or size; of no importance

Synonyms: undersized, pint-sized, small, weak

Antonyms: robust, brawny, mamoth, gigantic

v. to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections, n. in petty objection

Synonyms: v. nitpick, split hairs, cavil; n. squabble

v. to approve or give formal approval to, confirm

Synonyms: endorse, snaction, uphold

Antonyms: cancel, repeal, annual, veto

adj. royal, kinglike; fit for a king

Synonyms: majestic, stately, princely, august

Antonyms: lowly, humble, abject, servile

v. to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off

Synonyms: strangle, suppress, snuff

Antonyms: nurture, prommote, encourage

adj. having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial

Synonyms: indispensible, fundamental

Antonyms: non essential, unnecessary