vocab 6a

Question 1

(n.) slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Answer 1

bondage

Question 1

(v.) to make up for

Answer 1

atone

Question 2

(adj.) believable

Answer 2

credible

Question 3

(v.) to pay for

Answer 3

defray

Question 4

(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Answer 4

diligent

Question 5

(adj.) sad; dreary

Answer 5

doleful

Question 6

(adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Answer 6

ghastly

Question 7

(v.) to hold back

Answer 7

hamper

Question 8

(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Answer 8

hew

Question 9

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

Answer 9

impoverished

Question 10

(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time

Answer 10

incessant

Question 11

(adj.) complicated; difficult to understand

Answer 11

intricate

Question 12

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

Answer 12

lucid

Question 13

(adj.) occurring or published after death

Answer 13

posthumous

Question 14

(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Answer 14

prim

Question 15

(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Answer 15

sardonic

Question 16

(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Answer 16

superfluous

Question 17

(v.) to take the place of, supersede

Answer 17

supplant

Question 18

(v.) tojeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark

Answer 18

taunt

Question 19

(adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

Answer 19

tenacious