Unit 6 Vocab

Question 1

(verb) to make up for; expiate

Answer 1

atone

Question 2

(noun) slavery, any state of being bound or held down; servitude, subjection

Answer 2

bondage

Question 3

(adj) believable; plausible, acceptable, likely

Answer 3

credible

Question 4

(verb) to pay for, bear the cost

Answer 4

defray

Question 5

(adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Answer 5

diligent

Question 6

(adj) sad, dreary; sorrowful, mournful

Answer 6

doleful

Question 7

(adj) frightful, horrible, deathly pale; dreadful, appalling

Answer 7

ghastly

Question 8

(verb) to hold back; hinder, obstruct

Answer 8

hamper

Question 9

(verb) to shape or cut down w/ an ax, to hold to; chop

Answer 9

hew

Question 10

(adj) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted; poverty-stricken

Answer 10

impoverished

Question 11

(adj) never stopping, going on all the time; ceaseless, constant

Answer 11

incessant

Question 12

(adj) complicated, difficult to understand; convoluted

Answer 12

intricate

Question 13

(adj) easy to understand, clear, rational, sane; intelligible

Answer 13

lucid

Question 14

(adj) occurring or published after death

Answer 14

posthumous

Question 15

(adj) overly neat, proper, or formal, prudish; fussy, squeamish

Answer 15

prim

Question 16

(adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic; mordant, acerbic

Answer 16

sardonic

Question 17

(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess; surplus

Answer 17

superfluous

Question 18

(verb) to take the place of, supersede; or replace

Answer 18

supplant

Question 19

(verb) to jeer at, mock, ridicule; (noun) an insulting or mocking remark, insult

Answer 19

taunt

Question 20

(adj) holding fast, holding together firmly, persistent; obstinate, stubborn

Answer 20

tenacious