ELA REVIEW

Atone

To make up for

Bondage

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Credible

Believable

Defray

To pay for

Diligent

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Doleful

Sad: dreary

Ghastly

Frightful, horrible; deathly pale

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

Supplant

To take the place of, supersede

Taunt

To jeer at, mock;

An insulting or mocking remark

Tenacious

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent