click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ENG 9 Vocab #6 - Def
Sadlier, Level D, Unit 6 - DEF
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| (v) to make up for | ATONE |
| (n) slavery; any state of being bound or helddown | BONDAGE |
| (adj) believable | CREDIBLE |
| (v) to pay for | DEFRAY |
| (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy | DILIGENT |
| (adj) sad; dreary | DOLEFUL |
| (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale | GHASTLY |
| (v) to hold back | HAMPER |
| (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to | HEW |
| (adj) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted | IMPOVERISHED |
| (adj) never stopping, going on all the time | INCESSANT |
| (adj) complicated; difficult to understand | INTRICATE |
| (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane | INTELLIGIBLE |
| (adj) occurring or published after death | POSTHUMOUS |
| (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish | PRIM |
| (adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | SARDONIC |
| (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excessive | SUPERFLUOUS |
| (v) to take the place of, supersede | SUPPLANT |
| (v) to jeer at, mock; OR, (n) an insulting or mocking remark | TAUNT |
| (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent | TENACIOUS |