Unit 6 - Sadlier Connect Vocabulary Workshop Level D

Atone

(v.) to make up for

Synonyms: expiate

Bondage

(n.) slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Synonyms: servitude, subjection, dependence

Credible

(adj.) believable

Synonyms: plausible, acceptable, likely

Defray

(v.) to pay for

Synonyms: bear the cost, foot the bill

Dilligent

(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Synonyms: assiduous, sedulous

Doleful

(adj.) sad; dreary

Synonyms: sorrowful, mournful, dolorous

Ghastly

(adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Synonyms: dreadful, appalling, grisly

Hamper

(v.) to hold back

Synonyms: hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit

Hew

(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Synonyms: chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform

Impoverished

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

Synonyms: poverty-stricken, destitute, indigent

Incessant

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

Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted

Intricate

(adj.) complicated; difficult to understand

Synonyms: convoluted

Lucid

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

Synonyms: limpid, intelligible

Posthumous

(adj.) occurring or published after death

Prim

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

Synonyms: fussy, fastidious, squeamish

Sardonic

(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Synonyms: mordant, acerbic, wry

Superfluous

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

Synonyms: surplus, supererogatory

Supplant

(v.) to take the place of, supersede

Synonyms: replace, displace, oust

Taunt

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

Synonyms: (v.) ridicule; (n.) insult

Tenacious

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

Synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, dogged