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Atone - to make up for

Bondage - slavery

Credible - believable

Defray - to pay for

Diligent - hardworking and not lazy

Doleful - sad and dreary

Ghastly - deathly pale/frightful and horrible

Hamper - to hold back / a basket

Hew - to shape or cut down with an ax / hold to

Impoverished - in a state of poverty

Incessant - never stopping, going on all the time

Intricate - complicated and difficult to understand

Lucid - easy and clear to understand / rational, same

Posthumous - occurring or publishing after a death

Prim - overly neat (negative connotation)

Sardonic - grimly or scornfully mocking

Superfluous - exceeding what is needed

Supplant - to take place of, superseded

Taunt - to jeer or mock at / an insulting remark

Tenacious - holding fast and holding together firmly