Chapter 6 Flashcards

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(N) slavery, any state of being bound or held down

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Bondage

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(V) to make up for

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Atone

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(Adj) believable

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Credible

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(V) to pay for

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Defray

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(Adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

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Diligent

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(Adj) sad, dreary

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Doleful

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(Adj) frightful, horrible, deathly pale

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Ghastly

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(V) to hold back

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Hamper

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(V) to shape or cut down with an ax, to hold to

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Hew

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(Adj) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted

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Impoverished

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(Adj) never stopping,going on all the time

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Incessant

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(Adj) complicated, difficult to understand

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Intricate

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(Adj) easy to understand, clear, rational, sane

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Lucid

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(Adj) occurring or published after death

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Posthumous

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(Adj) overly neat, precise proper or formal, prudish

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Prim

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(Adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Sardonic

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(Adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Superfluous

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(V) to take the place of, supersede

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Supplant

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(V) to jeer, mock (n) an insulting or mocking remark

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Taunt

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(Adj) holding fast, holding together firmly, persistent

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Tenacious