Level D Unit 6 Vocabulary
credible
(adj.) believable
intricate
(adj.) complicated; difficult to understand
lucid
(adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
superfluous
(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
ghastly
(adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale
sardonic
(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
diligent
(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
tenacious
(adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
incessant
(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
posthumous
(adj.) occurring or published after death
prim
(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
impoverished
(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted
doleful
(adj.) sad; dreary
bondage
(n.) slavery; any state of being bond or held down
hamper
(v.) to hold back
taunt
(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark
atone
(v.) to make up for
defray
(v.) to pay for
hew
(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
supplant
(v.) to take the place of, supersede