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Vocab Unit 6
Unit 6 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery; any state of being held down, or bound |
| credible | believable |
| defray | pay for |
| dilligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad; dreary |
| ghastly | frightful ; horrible, deathly pale |
| hamper | holdback |
| hew | to shape, or cut down with an axe; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty |
| incessant | never stopping, always going |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous | occurring,or being published after death |
| prim | overly neat, precise, formal |
| superfluous | exceeding what is necessary, excessive |
| sardonic | grimly,scornfully mocking |
| supplant | to take place of |
| taunt | to jeer at, to mock |
| tenacious | to hold fast, to hold steady |