Level D Unit 6-- Synonyms & Antonyms, Vocabulary #6

To make up for

Atone

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Bondage

Believable

Credible

Hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Diligent

Sad; dreary

Doleful

frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Ghastly

to hold back

Hamper

to shape of 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

occurring or published after death

Posthumous

overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Prim

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Sardonic

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Superfluous

to take the place of, supersede

Supplant

to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark

Taunt

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

Tenacious

Saying "I'm sorry" is a good way to begin to _______ for the suffering or harm that you have done to another person.

atone

Lincoln said: "Familiarize yourself with the chains of _______ and you prepare your owns limbs to wear them.

bondage

I know that he will say anything to save his own skin, but I feel that in this case his account of the incident is ___________ and should be accepted

credible

To help _______ the expenses that I would incur on the senior class trip to Washington, I worked as a baby-sitter.

defray

To pay for

defray

A student who is __________ and systematic in study habits will often do better than one who is brilliant but lazy

diligent

I suppose bloodhounds may be as happy as other dogs, but they have the _________ look of creatures who have lost their last friend

doleful

I shall never forget the __________ sight that greeted us when we arrived at the scene of the incident

ghastly

The u=huge piles of snow that cover the roads will greatly __________ the efforts of the rescue team to reach the stranded skiers

hamper

For thousands of years Native Americans used stone implements to _____ canoes out of logs and tree trunks

hew

When the stock market collapsed in 1929, many wealthy speculators found themselves as ________ as proverbial church mice

impoverished

Because my home is located at a busy intersection, I have been forced to accustom myself to the _________ hum of traffic outside

incessant

Our football team would do a great deal better if we mastered a few simple plays, instead of trying to use all those _______ formations.

intricate

Although the survivors were still in a state of shock, some of them were __________ enough to answer the questions posed by the police

lucid

on the steps of the Capitol, the president awarded _____________ Medals of Honor to soldiers who had recently fallen in defense of the country.

posthumous

He is rather _______ sort of man whose sensibilities are easily shocked by other people's less exacting standards of conduct.

prim

The willy old senator derived a certain amount of ______________ amusement from watching his enemies turn on and destroy one another

sardonic

"Since their heroic deeds clearly speak for themselves," the president remarked, "further comment on my part would be _______________"

superfluous

During World War II, artificial rubber began to ________ natural rubber in American automobile tires

supplant

A woman of strong character and noble bearing, she endured the jibes and _______ of her adversaries with great patience and fortitude.

taunts

"Someone with such a _________ grip on life doesn't give up the ghost easily," I thought as I watched the old man celebrate another birthday

tenacious