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Accelerate-increase in amount or extent.

When I press the gas pedal the car accelerates in speed.

Crucial-decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.

It's crucial for me to pass this test or I will fail the class.

Inhospitable-harsh and difficult to live in

I don't like to go camping because I find the camp grounds inhospitable.

Mere-the smallest or slightest

For my date I like to wear a mere amount of makeup.

Pioneer-a person who is among the first to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity.

I would like to thank the pioneer who thought of the idea of pizza.

“After it had been discouraged from the pursuit the captain breathed easier on account of his hair, and others breathed easier because the bird struck their minds at this time as being somehow grewsome and ominous."