unit 6 honors 9th lit vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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. hardowrking, 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 | adj. 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. occuring or published after death |
| prim | adj. overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | adj. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superflous | 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 |
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