Vocab Unit 7D Flashcards
(20 cards)
Atone
To make up for
Bondage
Slavery; any state of being bound or held down
Credible
believable
Defray
To pay for
Diligent
hardworking, industrious, not lazy
Doleful
sad; dreary
ghastly
frightful, horrible; deathly pale
Hamper
to hold back
hew
to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
Impoverished
poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
Incessant
never stopping, going on all the time
intricate
complicated; difficult to understand
lucid
easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
Posthumous
occurring or published after death
Prim
overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
Sardonic
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
Superfluous
exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
Supplant
to take the place of, supersede
Taunt
to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
Tenacious
holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent