7th VW unit 9 definitions

(n) a petty objection

(v) to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections

• quibble

• vital

• ratify

• melancholy

(adj) having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial

• vital

• gruesome

• persist

• puny

(n) a difficult or painful experience, a trial

• ordeal

• bystander

• stifle

• casual

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

• bystander

• erode

• melancholy

• vital

(adj) treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

• downtrodden

• puny

• entice

• parch

(v) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat

• parch

• acclerate

• regal

• flounder

(v.) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

• flounder

• graphic

• quibble

• persist

(v) to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain

• persist

• canvass

• ratify

• regal

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

• accelerate

• entice

• puny

• stifle

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

• stifle

• accelerate

• entice

• gruesome