ENGLISH ONEVocab Nine

Accelerate

• Verb

• To speed up/make something happen faster

• Han Solo and Luke Skywalker had to accelerate to light speed to escape the empire.

Entice• Verb

• To tempt

• Jabba the Hut enticed the Rancor with fresh meat by causing Luke to fall through the trap door.

Erode

• Verb

• To wear away over time

• The Sith temple eroded over thousands of years with no one visiting.

Flounder

• Verb

• To move around clumsily/to struggle

• Think of the way a fish out of water moves

• Jar Jar will flounder with any job given to him by always messing things up.

Graphic

• Adjective

• Lifelike/having clear details

• Akbar used graphic detail when describing how to destroy the newly built Death Star.

Gruesome

• Adjective

• Horrible/Disturbing

• Darth Maul suffered a gruesome wound at the hands of Obi Wan by being sliced in half from a lightsaber.

Melancholy

• Adjective

• Sad/Depressed/Bummed out

• Anakin's melancholy attitude turned into something evil, causing him to kill the Sand People.

Persist

• Verb

• To keep going (even though it is difficult)/refuse to give up

• Although the rebel forces were caught in a trap, they persisted by fighting through enemy lines.

Regal

• Adjective

• Kinglike/Impressive

• Emperor Palpatine took on a regal attitude when speaking in front of the Galactic Senate.

Stifle

• Verb

• To smother/To hold back

• Luke's dad stifled his desire to get the most popular toy he wanted for his birthday.

Vital

• Adjective

• Absolutely necessary

• Similar to indispensable

• It was of vital importance that Luke fire into the hole of the Death Star to destroy it.

Bystander

• Noun

• One who is present but does not participate in something

• The people living on Alderan were innocent bystanders to the evil destruction of their planet.