Sadlier Oxford Level D Unit 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atone | to mke up for |
| bondage | slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking,industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad, dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrile; deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, in a state o poverty; depleted |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to unerstand, clear; rational,sane |
| posthumous | occuring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat, precise, proper or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exeeding what is sufficent or required, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supercede |
| taunt | to jeer, mock at; an insultng or mocking remark |
| tenacious | holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
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