Vocab Unit 6

Question 0

Bondage

Answer 0

Slavery; any state of being bound or held by

Question 1

Atone

Answer 1

To make up for

Question 2

Credible

Answer 2

Believable

Question 3

Defray

Answer 3

To pay for

Question 4

Diligent

Answer 4

Hardworking; industries not lazy

Question 5

Doleful

Answer 5

Sad; deary

Question 6

Ghastly

Answer 6

Frightful, horribleness, death pale

Question 7

Hamper

Answer 7

To hold back

Question 8

Hew

Answer 8

To shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Question 9

Improvised

Answer 9

Poor; in a state of poverty, depleted

Question 10

Incessant

Answer 10

Never stopping, going on all the time

Question 11

Intricate

Answer 11

Complicated, difficult to understand

Question 12

Lucid

Answer 12

Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Question 13

Posthumous

Answer 13

Occurring or published after death

Question 14

Prim

Answer 14

Overly neat, proper, or formal, prudish

Question 15

Sardonic

Answer 15

Grimly, scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic

Question 16

Superfluous

Answer 16

Exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

Question 17

Supplant

Answer 17

To take place of; supersede

Question 18

Taunt

Answer 18

To jeer at; mock an insulting or mocking remark

Question 19

Tenacious

Answer 19

Holding fast, holding together firmly; persistent