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Atone

To make up for

Bondage

Slavery

Credible

Believable

Defray

To pay for

Diligent

Hardworking and not lazy

Doleful

Sad and dreary

Ghastly

Deathly pale/frightful and horrible

Hamper

To hold back / a basket

Hew

To shape or cut down with an ax / hold to

Impoverished

In a state of poverty

Incessant

Never stopping, going on all the time

Intricate

Complicated and difficult to understand

Lucid

Easy and clear to understand / rational, same

Posthumous

Occurring or publishing after a death

Prim

Overly neat (negative connotation)

Sardonic

Grimly or scornfully mocking

Superfluous

Exceeding what is needed

Supplant

To take place of, superseded

Taunt

To jeer or mock at / an insulting remark

Tenacious

Holding fast and holding together firmly