Escobedo, J, Unit 6 Flash Cards

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Unit 6 Flash Cards created by Javier Escobedo. These are meant for studying. Words in this unit are: Unit 6 atone doleful incessant sardonic bondage ghastly intricate superfluous credible hamper lucid supplant defray hew posthumous taunt diligent impoverished prim tenacious


 
  
Created Feb 27, 2012
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atone
 
Verb To make amends
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doleful
 
Adjexpressing sorry
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incessant
 
Adjcontinuing without pause or interruption
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sardonic
 
ADJ grimly mocking or cynical
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bondage
 
Noun the state of being a slave
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ghastly
 
ADJcausing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre
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intricate
 
adjective very complicated or detailed
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superfluous
 
adjective unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough
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credible
 
adjective able to be believed; convincing
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hamper
 
VERB hinder or impede the movement or progress of :
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lucid
 
adjective expressed clearly; easy to understand 
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supplant
 
verb to replace
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defray
 
verb  to provide money to pay
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hew
 
VERB to chop or cut with an axe, pick or other tool
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posthumous
 
adjective occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator
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taunt
 
noun a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
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diligent
 
adjective having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
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impoverished
 
verb to make poor
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prim
 
adjective stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded...
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tenacious
 
adjective not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds,...

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