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Vocabulary 6 Level D
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |