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Vocabulary 6D-121012
Sadlier-Oxford Level D Unit 6 121012
Word | definition |
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atone | (V.)Make amends for. Make up for something done. |
bondage | (n.) slavery; lack of freedom; the state of being under the control of another person. |
credible | (Adj.)believable, trustworthy, plausible, acceptable, likely. |
defray | (V.)to pay for, bear the cost of. |
diligent | (Adj.)hardworking; thorough, persistent. |
doleful | (Adj.)Full of grief and sadness;sorrowful, mournful, melancholy. |
ghastly | (adj.)frightful, horrible; deathly pale, |
hamper | (v.)1. to hold back, put at a disadvantage 2. to hinder or a container for dirty clothes. |
hew | (v.) 1. to chop down with an ax or to hold to 2. to chop, hack; to fell; to adhere to the rules. |
impoverished | (adj.) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted. |
incessant | (adj.) never stopping, going on all the time. |
intricate | (Adj.) Highly involved or having a complicated structure or pattern, |
lucid | (adj.) easily understood; intelligible, |
posthumous | (adj.) occurring or published after death. |
prim | (adj.) overly neat, precise, 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;to replace. |
taunt | (v.) to mock; jeer at; reproach (n.) an insulting or mocking remark. |
tenacious | (Adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent. |