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Unit 6 Voc (9)
9th Honors Lit/Comp Vocabulary Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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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 axe; 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, precise, proper, formal; prudish |
sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess |
supplant | to take the place of; to supersede |
taunt | to jeer at; mock; an insulting or mocking remark |
tenacious | holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |