ELA Vocab 6

credible

(adj.) believable

diligent

(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

doleful

(adj.) sad; dreary

impoverished

(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

incessant

(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time

lucid

(adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

prim

(adj.) overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish

sardonic

(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

superfluous

(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

tenacious

(adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent