Unit 6 english vocab

1. atone (v) to make up for

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

3. credible (adj) believable.

4. defray (v) to pay for

5. diligent (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

6. doleful (adj) sad; dreary

7. ghastly (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

8. hamper (v) to hold back

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

10. impoverished (adj) poor, In a state of poverty; depleted

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

12. intricate (adj) complicated; difficult to understand

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

14. posthumous (adj) occuring or published after death

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

16. sardonic (adj) grimly or scornfullly mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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

18. supplant (v) to take the place of, supersede

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

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