Grayson Grade 7 Vocab Unit 9

one who looks on or observes OR a person who is present but not participating. The ___ who had witnessed the car accident gave his statement to the police.

• bystander

• ordeal

• vital

to go through an area in order to procure (get) votes or sales OR to discuss something in detail

• canvass

• persist

• quibble

treated unfairly and cruelly or oppressed. The Italian immigrants at Ellis Island represented the ___ masses wanting to be free.

• melancholy

• downtrodden

• regal

to wear away gradually OR eat away. Small streams and rivers ___ the land they flow over.

• stifle

• erode

• quibble

horrible, revolting, ghastly. The ___ crime rocked the quiet neighborhood.

• graphic

• gruesome

• melancholy

sad, gloomy, unhappy, OR sadness, gloominess.

It must have been the gloom of the house and the cloudy overcast day that made me feel so ___. The melody and lyrics of "Fade to Black" by Metallica filled her with ___.

• regal

• downtrodden

• melancholy

a difficult or painful experience, a trial. The climbers that experienced an avalanche were exhausted by their ___ and quickly fell asleep.

• greusome

• canvass

• ordeal

to continue steadily in a course of action, to refuse to stop or to be changed, to last or remain. Despite stern warnings from their doctor, the underweight twins ___ in their bad eating habits.

• persist

• accelerate

• ratify

to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections OR a petty objection. Let's not ___ over minor details. The twins ___ over silly little things.

• erode

• persist

• quibble

having life, living, necessary to life, essential, key, or crucial. The treaty is of ___ importance to the security of our nation.

• vital

• melancholy

• quibble