unit 6 voc

atone

 to make up for

 bondage

slavery

credible

believable

defray 

to pay for

 diligent 

hardworking, industrious, not lazy 

ghastly 

frightful, horrible; deathly pale 

 doleful

 sad; dreary

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 

taunt

 to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark 

 tenacious 

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent