| 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 state of poverty; depleated. |
| Incessant | (adj.) Never stopping, going 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, or formal; prudish. |
| Sardonic | (adj.) Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic. |
| Superfluous | (adj.) Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess. |
| Supplant | (v.) To take place of, supersede. |
| Taunt | (v.) To jeerat, mock; (n.) An insulting or mocking remark. |
| Tenacious | (adj.) Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistant. |