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Lit. Vocab
Vocabulary for Literature
Term | Definition |
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Atone | Verb - make amends or reparation |
Bondage | Noun- the state of being a slave |
Credible | Adj - able to be believed; convincing |
Defray | Verb - provide money to pay (a cost or expense) |
Diligent | Adj - having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties |
Doleful | Adj - express sorrow; mournful: causing grief or misfortune |
Ghastly | Adj - causing great horror or fear: frightful or macabre |
Hamper | Noun - a large basket with a lid used for laundry |
Hew | Verb - chop or cut something with an axe, pick, or other tool |
Impoverished | Adj - (of a person or area) made poor. Deprived of strength or vitality |