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Vocab D Unit 6
Sadlier -Oxford Level D Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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atone | to make up for |
bondage | slavery, servitude, captivity |
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 |
impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty |
incessant | never stopping, going all the time |
intricate | complicated, complex |
lucid | easy to understand, intelligible, clear |
posthumous | occurring or published after death |
prim | overly neat, precise, fastidious |
sardonic | grimly, bitterly sarcastic, wry |
superfluous | excess, surplus |
taunt | to jeer at, mock, ridicule |
supplant | to take the place of, oust |
tenacious | holding fast, obstinate, dogged |