A difficult or painful experience, a trial
What is an ordeal?
To make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
What is parch?
Treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
What is downtrodden?
Horrified by the grisly sight
What is gruesome?
Dislike playing on a waterlogged field
What is parched?
One who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
What is a bystander?
To approve, give formal approval to, confirm
What is ratify?
Having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
What is vital?
Persevered to finish the race
What is persisted?
Every intentional detail of his design
What is casual?
Sadness, gloominess
What is melancholy?
To speed up, cause to move faster;to bring about more qquickly.
What is accelerate?
To evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objeections
What is quibble?
Tried to suppress her cough
What is stifle?
Had a huge effect on the outcome
What is puny?
A petty objection
What is a quibble?
To wear away gradually, eat away
What is erode?
Happening by chance or on a irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
What is casual?
Described the devastation in realistic detail
What is graphic?
Expected Congress to repeal the legislation
What is ratify?
A small part remaining behind
What is remnant?
To attract, tempt
What is entice?
Of less than normal strength or size, of no importance
What is puny?
Struck a stately pose
What is regal?
Gave their attention to a serious matter
What is quibble?