| A | B |
|---|
| atone | (v.) to make up for |
| bondage | (n.) slavery; any state of being held down |
| credible | (adj.) believable |
| defray | (v.) to pay for |
| diligent | (adj.) hardworking; not lazy |
| doleful | (adj.) sad, dreary |
| ghastly | (adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | (v.) to hold back, bother |
| hew | (v.) to shape or cut down; to hold to |
| impoverished | (adj.) poor; 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 |
| sardonic | (adj.) bitterly sarcastic, scornfully mocking |
| superfluous | (adj.) exceeding what is sufficient; excess |
| supplant | (v.) to take the place of, supercede |
| taunt | (v.) to jeer at, mock (n.) an insulting remark |
| tenacious | (adj.) holding fast; persistent |
