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Vocab D Unit 6
Sadlier -Oxford Level D Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery, servitude, captivity |
| 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 |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty |
| incessant | never stopping, going all the time |
| intricate | complicated, complex |
| lucid | easy to understand, intelligible, clear |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat, precise, fastidious |
| sardonic | grimly, bitterly sarcastic, wry |
| superfluous | excess, surplus |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock, ridicule |
| supplant | to take the place of, oust |
| tenacious | holding fast, obstinate, dogged |