Vocabulary 6 - English 9

atone

v. to make up for

credible

adj. believable

doleful

adj. sad; dreary

hamper

v. to hold back

impoverished

adj. poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

lucid

adj. easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

posthumous

adj. occurring or published after death

sardonic

adj. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

supplant

v. to take the place of, supersede

tenacious

adj. holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

bondage

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

defray

v. to pay for

diligent

adj. hardworking, industrious, not lazy

ghastly

adj. frightful, horrible; deathly pale

hew

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

incessant

adj. never stopping, going on all the time

intricate

adj. complicated; difficult to understand

prim

adj. overly neat, proper, of formal; prudish

superfluous

adj. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

taunt

v. to jeer at; n. an insulting or mocking remark