vocab. wkshp unit 9
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- parch
- to make dry and thirsty; dry up - soak
- ordeal
- a difficult or painful expirience; hardship - pleasure
- melancholy
- sad or sadness; depressed - happy
- persist
- to continue steadily in a course of action; keep at it - give up
- erode
- to wear away gradually; corrode - nurture
- quiblbe
- to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or rasing minor objections; cavil
- flounder
- to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way; struggle
- casual
- happening by chance or on an irregular basis; accidental - intentional
- stifle
- to smoother or prevent from breathing; strangle - nurture
- downtrodden
- treated unfairly and cruelly; mistreated - liberated
- gruesome
- horrible; hideous - appealing
- canvass
- to go over in detail or dicuss; survey
- puny
- of less than normal strength or size; undersized - gigantic
- ratify
- to approve or confirm; endorse - cancel
- acclelerate
- to speed up; quicken - slow down
- graphic
- lifelike or vivid; colorful - boring
- entice
- to attract; lure - repel
- bystander
- one who looks on or observes; observer - active participant
- vital
- necessary to life; fundamental - unnecessary
- regal
- royal or fit for a king; majestic - servile