vocab #3 - english

Atone: (v) to make up for

Defray: (v) to pay for

Doleful (adj) sad; dreary

Ghastly: (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Hamper: (v) to hold back

Hew: (v) to shape or cut down with an ax, to hold to

Incessant: (adj) never stopping, going all the time

Intricate: (adj) complicated; difficult to understand

Lucid: (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Posthumous: (adj) occurring or published after death

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

Supplant: (v) to take the place of, supersede

Tenacious: (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent