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