LEVEL D UNIT 6 VOCABULARY
Atone Incessant
Bondage Intricate
Credible Lucid
Defray Posthumous
Diligent Prim
Doleful Sardonic
Ghastly Superfluous
Hamper Supplant
Hew Taunt
impoverished tenacious
ATONE - VERB
To make up for
Synonyms: expiate, make amends for
The students in Mrs. Quihuis’ 3rd period atoned
for their bad behavior by baking her cookies!
BONDAGE - NOUN
Slavery; any state of being bound or held down
Synonyms: Servitude, captivity, subjection,
dependence
Antonyms: freedom, liberty, independence
You learned the word servitude for the last quiz
and bondage means the same thing. It can also
refer to the state of being bound so make sure you
know the complete definition.
CREDIBLE - ADJECTIVE
Believable
Synonyms: plausible, acceptable, likely
Antonyms: unbelievable, implausible,
improbably
Saying that your dog ate your homework is NOT
a credible excuse.
DEFRAY - VERB
To pay for
Synonyms: settle, bear the cost, foot the bill
A real gentleman always defrays the cost of
dinner when taking a lady on a date.
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DILIGENT - ADJECTIVE
Hard-working, industrious,
not lazy
Synonyms: assiduous, sedulous
Antonyms: lazy, indolent, cursory, perfunctory
Mrs. Quihuis always tells her students to be
diligent in their studies.
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DOLEFUL - ADJECTIVE
Sad; dreary
Synonyms: sorrowful, mournful, melancholy,
dolorous
Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant
Doleful is another word I would use to describe
Eeyore; he is both morose and doleful.
GHASTLY - ADJECTIVE
Frightful, horrible; deathly pale
Synonyms: dreadful, appalling, gruesome, grisly
Antonyms: pleasant, agreeable, attractive,
delightful
After seeing the ghost of Elvis the look on
Jane’s face was ghastly.
Around this time of year you can watch horror
movies on television filled with ghastly images
and terrifying villains.
HAMPER - VERB
To hold back
Synonyms: hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit
Antonyms: facilitate, ease, smooth the way
The hamper in the middle of the stairs
hampered my ability to get to my room.
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HEW - VERB
To shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
Synonyms: chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform
I needed wood for the fire so I began to hew the
tree.
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IMPOVERISHED - ADJECTIVE
Poor; in a state of poverty; depleted
Synonyms: poverty-stricken, destitute, indigent
Antonyms: rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous
By participating
in Adopt-A-Family
we are helping
impoverished
families to have
a better Christmas.
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INCESSANT - ADJECTIVE
Never stopping,
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going on all the time
Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
Antonyms: occasional, sporadic, intermittent
I found it difficult to concentrate on my
homework with my sister’s incessant trumpet
playing in the background.
INTRICATE - ADJECTIVE
Complicated; difficult to understand
Synonyms: complex, convoluted
Antonyms: simple, uninvolved, uncomplicated
The steps to solving equations might seem intricate at
first but after enough practice you will understand the
method.
The Henna design was intricate and must have taken
hours to complete.
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LUCID - ADJECTIVE
Easy to understand; clear; rational, sane
Synonyms: limpid, intelligible
Antonyms: murky, muddy, obscure,
unintelligible
Mrs. Quihuis is always lucid despite what her
students may think!
POSTHUMOUS - ADJECTIVE
Occurring or published after death
Synonym: postmortem
Antonym: prenatal
The release of posthumous albums from
Michael Jackson has pleased many of his fans.
PRIM - ADJECTIVE
Overly neat, precise, proper or formal; prudish
Synonyms: fussy, fastidious, squeamish
Antonyms: dowdy, frumpy, sloppy, untidy, loose,
lax
The prim state of the living room made me
afraid to even sit on the couch; I didn’t want to
dirty it.
SARDONIC - ADJECTIVE
Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
Synonyms: caustic, mordant, acerbic, wry
Antonyms: bland, mild, saccharine, good-
natured
Sometimes a sardonic comment meant as a
joke can hurt someone’s feelings.
SUPERFLUOUS - ADJECTIVE
Exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess
Synonyms: surplus, supererogatory
Antonyms: necessary, essential, vital,
indispensable
Although the cake and balloons were a very
nice gesture for my birthday, 12 glittering
crystal chandeliers and a firework display
seemed a bit superfluous.
SUPPLANT - VERY
To take the place of; supersede
Synonyms: replace, displace, oust
I-pods supplanted walkmans and CDs
supplanted tapes.
TAUNT – VERB, NOUN
Verb – to jeer at, mock
Noun – an insulting or mocking remark
Synonyms: ridicule, deride
Antonyms: cheer, applaud, acclaim
George made a taunting remark to Bob, which
provoked him to hit him in the face.
TENACIOUS - ADJECTIVE
Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
Synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, dogged
Antonyms: yielding, weak, gentle, lax, slack
To be a good leader you have to be tenacious,
even when your decisions are not popular.
