| A | B |
| 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 | fightful horrbile; deathly pale |
| hamper | hold back |
| hew | to shape or ct down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoberished | poor, in a state of proverty; depleted |
| incessant | never stoping going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated; dificult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational sane |
| posthunous | occuring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat prcise proper of formal; prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or socornfully mocking bitterly sarcasitic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or requierd, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of supersede |
| taunt | (v.) to jeer mock at. (N.) an isulting or mocking remark |
| tenaciuous | holding fas; holding together firmly; persistent |