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Unit 6 Voc (9)
9th Honors Lit/Comp Vocabulary Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |