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Flashcards by Norinaromo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Norinaromo
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| atone | to make up for |
| Bondage | slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad; dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrible, deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut downwith an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear;rational, sane |
| posthumous | occuring or published after death |
| prim | overlyneat, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superflous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | holding fast; holding together firmly;persistent |
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