| A | B |
|---|
| 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 | (adj.) poor, 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.) occuriing 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 |
