ELA 9 VOCAB LIST #6

atone

to make up for

bondage

slavery; any state of being bound or held down

credible

believable

defray

to pay for

diligent

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

doleful

sad; dreary

ghastly

frightful, horrible; deathly pale

hamper

to hold back

hew

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

impoverished

poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

incessant

never stopping, going on all the time

intricate

complicated; difficult to understand

lucid

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

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

(v.) to jeer at, mock

(n.) an insulting or mocking remark

tenacious

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent