Unit 6 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
0
Q

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

A

Bondage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

To make up for

A

Atone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Believable

A

Credible

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

To pay for

A

Defray

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Hard-working, industrious, not lazy

A

Diligent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Sad; dreary

A

Doleful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Frightful, horrible; deathly pale

A

Ghastly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

To hold back

A

Hamper

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

To shape or cut down with an Ax; to hold down

A

Hew

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

A

Impoverished

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Never stopping, going on all the time

A

Incessant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Complicated; difficult to understand

A

Intricate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Easy-to-understand, clear; rational, sane

A

Lucid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Occurring or published after death

A

Posthumous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish

A

Prim

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

A

Sardonic

16
Q

Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

A

Superflous

17
Q

To take place of, supersede

A

Supplant

18
Q

To jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark

A

Taunt

19
Q

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

A

Tenacious