Quizlet Section 6 Vocab

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  1. atone: to make up for
  2. bondage: slavery; any state of being bound or held down
  3. credible: believable
  4. defray: to pay for
  5. diligent: hardworking, industrious, not lazy
  6. doleful: sad; dreary
  7. ghastly: frightful, horrible; deathly pale
  8. hamper: to hold back
  9. hew: to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
  10. impoverished: poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
  11. incessant: never stopping, going on all the time
  12. intricate: complicated; difficult to understand
  13. lucid: easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
  14. posthumous: occurring or published after death
  15. prim: overly neat precise, proper, or formal; pruddish
  16. sardonic: grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
  17. superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
  18. supplant: to take the place of, supersede
  19. taunt: to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
  20. tenacious: holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent