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
