Vocabulary 9

one who looks on or observes

to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions

happening by chance or on an irregular basis

treated unfairly and cruelly

to attract, tempt

to wear away gradually, eat away

to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective why

lifelike, vivid

horrible, revolting, ghastly

sad, gloomy, unhappy

a difficult or painful experience, a trail

to make dry or thirsty

to continue steadily in a course of action

of less than normal size or strength

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

to approve

royal, kinglike

to smother, prevent from breathing

having life, necessary to life, essential