Atone: (v) to make up for

Bondage: (n) slavery; any state of being held down or bound

Credible: (adj) believable

Defray: (v) to pay for

Diligent: (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Doleful: (adj) sad; dreary

Ghastly: frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Hamper: (v) to hold back

Hew: (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Impoverished: poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

Incessant: (adj) never stopping; going all the time

Intricate: (adj) complicated; difficult to understand

Lucid: (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Posthumous: (adj) occurring or published after death

Prim: (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Sardonic: (adj) grimly or scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic

Superfluous: (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

Supplant: (v) to take the place of; supercede

Taunt: (v) to jeer at; mock (n) an insulting or mocking remark

Tenacious: (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent