Unit 6D Flashcards
bondage
slavery; any state of being bound or held down
atone
to make up for
credible
believable, plausible
defray
to pay for
diligent
hardworking, industrious, not lazy
doleful
sad; dreary, dolorous
gashtly
frightful, horrible; deathly pale
hamper
to hold back
hew
to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
impoverished
poor, in a star of poverty; depleted
incessant
never stopping, going on all the time
intricate
complicated; difficult to understand; convoluted
lucid
easy to understand; clear, rational, sane; limpid
posthumous
occurring or published after death
prim
overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish
sardonic
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
superfluous
exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
supplant
to take the place of, supersede
taunt
to jeer at, mock; ridicule
an insulting or mocking remark; insult
tenacious
holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent; obstinate, stubborn