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LD ELA #6 (DEF)
LD ELA Vocabulary List 6 - Definitions
Term | Definition |
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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 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, precise, 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 |