Unit 6: Definitions

Question 1

Atone

Answer 1

to make up for

Question 2

Bondage

Answer 2

slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Question 3

Credible

Answer 3

believable

Question 4

Defray

Answer 4

to pay for

Question 5

Diligent

Answer 5

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Question 6

Doleful

Answer 6

sad; dreary

Question 7

Ghastly

Answer 7

frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Question 8

Hamper

Answer 8

to hold back

Question 9

Hew

Answer 9

to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Question 10

Impoverished

Answer 10

poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

Question 11

Incessant

Answer 11

never stopping, going on all the time

Question 12

Intricate

Answer 12

complicate; difficult to understand

Question 13

Lucid

Answer 13

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Question 14

posthumous

Answer 14

occurring or published after death

Question 15

Prim

Answer 15

overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Question 16

Sardonic

Answer 16

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Question 17

Superflous

Answer 17

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excuse

Question 18

Supplant

Answer 18

to take the place of, supersede

Question 19

Taunt

Answer 19

to jeer at, mock

an insulting or mocking remark

Question 20

Tenacious

Answer 20

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent