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VW Unit 9
Words
20
Language - English
5th Grade
01/07/2008

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Term

accelerate

Definition

v.  to speed up hasten, quicken

a.  slow down , retard

Term
bystander
Definition

n.  one who looks or observes

a.  active participant

Term
canvass
Definition

v.  to go through an area in order to get votes or sales

to go over in detail

to discuss

 

s.  poll, survey

Term
casual
Definition

adj.  happening by chance

showing little concern

informal

a.  formal, serious, intentional

Term
downtrodden
Definition

adj.  treated unfairly and cruelly

oppressed

a.  uplifted, liberated

Term
entice
Definition

to attract, tempt (v)

 

s.  lure

a.  sicken, repel

Term
erode
Definition

v.  to wear away gradually

eat away

a.  encourage

promote

Term
flounder
Definition

v.  to thrash in a clumsy way

wallow, struggle

Term
graphic
Definition

adj.  lifelike, vivid, colorful, descriptive

a.  dull, boring, colorless

Term
gruesome
Definition

adj.  horrible, revolting, hideous

a.  pleasant, delightful

Term
melancholy
Definition

adj.  sad, gloomy, unhappy

n.  sadness, gloominess

a.  merry , happy, cheerful

Term
ordeal
Definition

n.  a difficult or painful experience, a trial

test, hardship

a.  pleasure, cinch

Term
parch
Definition

v.  to make dry and thirsty, to shrivel with heat, dehydrate

a.  soak, drench, saturate

Term
persist
Definition

v.  to continue steadily, refuse to stop, persevere

a.  give up

Term
puny
Definition

adj.  less than normal strength or size

a.  robust, gigantic

Term
quibble
Definition

v.  to evade or belittle a point by twisting words

n.  a petty objection

 

to nitpick

 

 

Term
ratify
Definition

v.  to approve, give formal approval to, confirm

a.  cancel, annul, veto

Term
regal
Definition

adj.  royal, fit for a king, august

a.  lowly, humble

Term
stifle
Definition

v.  to smother, hold back or choke off

a.  nurture, promote, encourage

Term
vital
Definition

adj.  having life, necessary to life, essential

a.  unnecessary

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