| A | B |
|---|
| atone (verb) | to make up for |
| bondage (noun) | slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible (adjective) | believable |
| defray (verb) | to pay for |
| diligent (adjective) | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful (adjective) | sad, dreary |
| ghastly (adjective) | frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper (verb) | to hold back |
| hew (verb) | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished (adjective) | poor, in the sate of poverty; depleted |
| incessant (adjective) | never stopping, going to all the time |
| intricate (adjective) | complicated, difficult to understand |
| lucid (adjective) | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous (adjective) | occurring or published after death |
| prim (adjective) | overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic (adjective) | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous (adjective) | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant (verb) | to take the place of, supersede` |
| taunt (verb) | to jeer at, mock |
| tenacious (adjective) | holding fast; holding together frimly; persistent |
