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Vocabulary 6 Level D
Word | Definition |
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atone | to make up for; expiate |
bondage | slavery; servitude; subjection |
credible | believable; plausible |
defray | to pay for |
diligent | hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous |
doleful | sad; dreary |
ghastly | frightful, horrible, appalling |
hamper | to hold back; impede |
hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to; adhere |
impoverished | poor in a state of poverty; depleted, destitute, indigent |
incessant | never stopping, going on all the time ceaseless |
intricate | complicated, complex |
lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, limpid |
posthumous | occurring or published after death; postmortem |
prim | overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; fastidious, prudish |
sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic; caustic, mordant |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, surplus |
supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
taunt | to jeer at; an insulting or mocking remark, ridicule, deride |
tenacious | holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent; obstinate |