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vocab wk 27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atone | Make up for |
| Bondage | slaver/ any state of being held down. |
| credible | believable. |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hard working not lazy |
| doleful | sad/ dreary |
| ghastly | frightful/ horrible |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with axe/ hold to |
| impoverished | poor |
| incessant | never stoping |
| intricate | complicated/ difficult to understand. |
| lucid | easy to understand/ clear |
| posthumous | occureing / after death |
| prim | overly neat |
| sardonic | grimly/ scornful mocking/ bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required excess. |
| supplant | to take place of supersede |
| taunt | to jeer at / mock/ insulting |
| tenacious | holding fast/ persistent/ holding together firmly. |