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Vocab Unit 6 D D
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 6 Definitions 9th Grade Level D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atone | v. to make up for |
| Bondage | n. slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| Credible | adj. believable |
| Defray | v. to pay for |
| Diligent | adj. hardworking,industrious, not lazy |
| Doleful | adj. sad, dreary |
| Ghastly | adj. frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| Hamper | v. to hold back |
| Hew | v. to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| Impoverished | adj. poor, in a state or poverty. depleted |
| Incessant | adj. never stopping,going on all the time |
| Intricate | adj. complicated; difficult to understand |
| Lucid | adj. easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| Posthumously | adj. occurring or published after death |
| Prim | Adj. overly neat, precise, proper or formal; prudish |
| Sardonic | adj. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| Superfluous | adj. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| Supplant | v. to take the place of, supersede |
| Taunt | v. to jeer at, mock; n. an insulting or mocking remark |
| Tenacious | adj. holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |