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Atone
- Verb: to make up for
- Syn: expiate, make amends for
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Bondage
- Noun: slavery; any state of being held down
- Syn: servitude, captivity, subjection, dependence
- Ant: freedom, liberty, independence
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Credible
- Adj: believable
- Syn: plausible, acceptable, likely
- Ant: unbelievable, implausible, improbable
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Defray
- Verb: to pay for
- Syn: settle, bear the cost, foot the bill
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Diligent
- Adj: hardworking, industrious, not lazy
- Syn: assiduous, sedulous
- Ant: lazy, indolent, cursory, perfunctory
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Doleful
- Adj: sad; dreary
- Syn: sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, dolorous
- Ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, bouyant
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Ghastly
- Adj: frightful, horrible; deathly pale
- Syn: dreadful, appalling, gruesome, grisly
- Ant: pleasant, agreeable, attractive, delightful
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Hamper
- Verb: to hold back
- Syn: hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit
- Ant: facilitate, ease, smooth the way
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Hew
- Verb: to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
- Syn: chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform
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Impoverished
- Adj: poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
- Syn: poverty-stricken, destitute, indignent
- Ant: rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous
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Incessant
- Adj: never stopping, going on all the time
- Syn: ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
- Ant: occasional, sporadic, intermittent
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Intricate
- Adj: complicated; difficult to understand
- Syn: complex, convoluted
- Ant: simple, uninvolved, uncomplicated
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Lucid
- Adj: easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
- Syn: limpid, intelligible
- Ant: murky, muddy, obscure, unintelligible
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Posthumous
- Adj: occuring or published after death
- Syn: postmortem
- Ant: prenatal
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Prim
- Adj: overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
- Syn: fussy, fastidious, squeamish
- Ant: downy, frumpy, sloppy, untidy, loose, lax
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Sardonic
- Adj: grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
- Syn: caustic, mordant, acerbic, wry
- Ant: bland, mild, saccharine, good-natured
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Superfluous
- Adj: exceeding what is sufficient or required, ecxess
- Syn: surplus, supererogatory
- Ant: necessary, essential, vital, indispensable
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Supplant
- Verb: take the place of, supersede
- Syn: replace, displace, oust
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Taunt
- Verb: to jeer at, mock
- Noun: an insulting or mocking remark
- Syn: ridicule, deride
- Ant: cheer, applaud, acclaim
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Tenacious
- Adj: holding fast; holding firmly together; persistent
- Syn: obstinate, stubborn, dogged
- Ant: yielding, weak, gentle, lax, slack
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