Vocab Unit 8

In a democracy, the average citizen should be an active participant in public affairs, not just a quiet _____.

• bystander

• enticer

After weeks of no rain, the ______ earth turned to dust that was blown away by the strong winds.

• parched

• graphic

The soundness of of the basic ideas of the U.S. Constitution has been _____ by the experience of more than 200 years.

• ratified

• enticed

In spite of all setbacks we have had, we must ____ in our efforts to achieve the goal we have set for ourselves.

• persist

• quibble

"How can you compare a union employee," the factory owner asked, "to the ____ serfs and slaves of earlier times?"

• downtrodden

• melancholy

Synonym for the underlined word: standing among the crowd of spectators

• bystanders

• ordeal

• puny

• downtrodden

Synonym for the underlined word: survived the painful test

• ordeal

• bystander

• canvass

• regal

Aided by diagrams on the chalkboard, she gave a summary of her plan so clear and ____ that it won the full support of the audience.

• graphic

• regal

It is hard to believe that this sturdy, six-foot basketball star was a ______ 100-pounder only a few years ago.

• vital

• puny

If you press the gas pedal just a little, this car will _____ like a racing vehicle.

• erode

• accelerate