| 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.) 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 the place of, supersede |
| TAUNT | (v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark |
| TENACIOUS | (adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
