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Vocabulary Unit 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atone | (verb) to make up for |
| Bondage | (noun) slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| Credible | (adjective) believable |
| Defray | (verb) to pay for |
| Dilligent | (adjective) hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| Doleful | (adjective) sad; dreary |
| Ghastly | (adjective) frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| Hamper | (verb) to hold back |
| Hew | (verb) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| Impoverished | (adjective) poor, in a state of property; depleated |
| Incessant | (adjective) never stopping, going on all the time |
| Intricate | (adjective) complicated; difficult to understand |
| Lucid | (adjective) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| Posthumous | (adjective) occurring or published after death |
| Prim | (adjective) overly neat, proper, or formal; pruddish |
| Sardonic | (adjective) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| Superfluous | (adjective) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| Supplant | (adjective) to take the place of, supersede |
| Tenacious | (adjective) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
| Taunt | (verb) to mock |