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