Honors English Unit 6 Vocab Study

atone

to make up for

bondage

slavery; any state of being bound or held down

credible

believable

defray

to pay for

diligent

hardworking;pain stalking

doleful

sad;dreary

ghastly

frightful,horrible;deathly

hamper

to hold back

hew

to cut with an axe

improverished

poor, in a state of poverty

incessant

never stopping

intricate

complicated;difficult to understand

lucid

easy to understand;clear

posthumous

occurring or published after death

prim

overly neat, precise, proper, prudish

sardonic

scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or required

supplant

to take place of

taunt

to jeer at; mock

tenacious

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistant