Vocab Words Set 6

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(v.) to make up for
atone
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(n.) slavery, any state of being bound or held down
bondage
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(adj.) believable
credible
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(v.) to pay for
defray
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(adj.) sad, dreary
doleful
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(adj.) frightful, horrible, deathly pale.
ghastly
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(v.) to hold back
hamper
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(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax, to hold to
hew
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(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted
impoverished
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(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time.
incessant
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(adj.) complicated, difficult to understand.
intricate
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(adj.) easy to understand, clear, rational, sane
lucid
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(adj.) occurring or published after death
posthumous
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(adj.) overly neat, proper, formal, prudish.
prim
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(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic.
sardonic
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(v.) to take the place of, supersede
supplant
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(v.) to jeer at, mock (n.) an insulting or mocking remark.
taunt
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