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Sadlier Oxford D
WCHS Unit 6-D
Word | Definition |
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atone | (v) to make up for |
bondage | (n) slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
credible | (adj) believable |
defray | (v) to pay for |
diligent | (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
doleful | (adj) sad; dreary |
ghastly | (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
hamper | (v) to hold back |
hew | (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
impoverished | (adj0 poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
incessant | (adj) never stopping , going on all the time |
intricate | (adj) complicated; difficult to understand |
lucid | (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
posthumous | (adj) occurring or published after death |
prim | (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, 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 |
taunt | (v) to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark |
tenacious | (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |