| Term | Definition |
|---|
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery; any state to being bound or held down |
| 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; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat, precise, proper, or formal |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock |
| tenacious | persistent |
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