| 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 | (ad) jpoor, 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 |