Set: Section 6 Vocab

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Term Definition
atone to make 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, 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; depleted
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; pruddish
sardonic grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
superfluous exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
supplant to take the place of, supersede
taunt to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
tenacious holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

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Creator nickjonasluvr
Created January 14, 2008
Group hockaday2013
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  1. tenacious → holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent - 36 misses
  2. superfluous → exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess - 34 misses
  3. supplant → to take the place of, supersede - 32 misses
  4. incessant → never stopping, going on all the time - 28 misses
  5. intricate → complicated; difficult to understand - 25 misses
  6. sardonic → grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic - 25 misses
  7. hamper → to hold back - 21 misses