Vocabulary 6 wordlist

1. atone (v): to make up for

2. bondage (n): slavery; any state of being bound or held down

3. credible (adj): believable

4. defray (v): to pay for

5. diligent (adj): hardworking, industrious, not lazy

6. doleful (adj): sad; dreary

7. ghastly (adj): frightful, horrible, deathly pale

8. hamper (v): to hold back

9. hew (v): to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

10. impoverished (adj): poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

11. incessant (adj): never stopping, going on all the time

12. intricate (adj): complicated; difficult to understand

13. lucid (adj): easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

14. posthumous (adj): occurring or published after death

15. prim (adj): overly neat, precise, or formal; prudish

16. sardonic (adj): grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

17. superfluous (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

18. supplant (v): to take the place of, supersede

19. taunt (v): to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark

20. tenacious (adj): holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent