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Vocab Chap 6 grade 9
vocab 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 ax;to hold to |
| impoverished | poor; in a state of security; 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, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | grimly orscornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required;excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supercede |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock;an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | holding fast; hold together firmly; persistent |