Ch.6 Terms
intricate
complicated; difficult to understand
lucid
easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
ghasty
frightful, horrible
taunt
(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark
credible
believable
sardonic
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
diligent
hard-working
incessant
never stopping, going on all the time
posthumous
occurring or published after death
prim
overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish
tenacious
persistent
improvished
poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
doleful
sad; dreary
bondage
slavery; any state of being bound or held down
hamper
to hold back
atone
to make up for
defray
to pay for
hew
to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
supplant
to take the place of
superfluous
unnecessary; extra