Vocab Unit 6 Flashcards

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Bondage

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Slavery; any state of being bound or held by

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Atone

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To make up for

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Credible

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Believable

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Defray

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To pay for

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Diligent

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Hardworking; industries not lazy

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Doleful

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Sad; deary

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Ghastly

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Frightful, horribleness, death pale

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Hamper

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To hold back

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Hew

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

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Improvised

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Poor; in a state of poverty, depleted

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Incessant

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Never stopping, going on all the time

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Intricate

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Complicated, difficult to understand

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Lucid

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Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

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Posthumous

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Occurring or published after death

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Prim

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Overly neat, proper, or formal, prudish

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Sardonic

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Grimly, scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

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Supplant

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To take place of; supersede

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Taunt

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To jeer at; mock an insulting or mocking remark

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Tenacious

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Holding fast, holding together firmly; persistent