Sadlier oxford level D unit 6
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bookwormhippie on February 28, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atone | (v) to make up for, expiate |
| bondage | (n) slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | (adj) believable, plausible, likely |
| defray | (v.) to pay for, settle; foot the bill or bear the cost |
| diligent | (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy; assiduous, sedulous |
| doleful | (adj) sad, mournful; dreary, melancholy |
| ghastly | (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | (v) to hold back, hinder, obstruct or impede |
| hew | (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to or adhere |
| impoverished | (adj) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| incessant | (adj) never stopping, going on all the time (think annoyances) |
| intricate | (adj) complicated, convoluted; difficult to understand |
| lucid | (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane, intelligible |
| posthumous | (adj) occurring or published after death, especially a work published after the author's death or a child born after the father's death |
| prim | (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | (adj) grimly or scornfullly mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess; unnecessary; |
| supplant | (v) to take the place of, supersede, replace |
| taunt | (v) to jeer at, ridicule, deride, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
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