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Ahh, nothing like the right word to make you feel smart.

Ahh, nothing like the right word to make you feel smart. Vocabulary 9 Unit 6. Mitya . . . took his seat with a most intrepid air. - The Brothers Karamazov. atone (v.) to make up for ghastly (adj. ) frightful, horrible; deathly pale posthumous (adj.) occurring or published after death.

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Ahh, nothing like the right word to make you feel smart.

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  1. Ahh, nothing like the right word to make you feel smart. Vocabulary 9 Unit 6

  2. Mitya . . . took his seat with a most intrepid air.- The Brothers Karamazov • atone (v.) • to make up for • ghastly (adj. ) • frightful, horrible; deathly pale • posthumous (adj.) • occurring or published after death

  3. supplant (v.) • to take the place of, supersede • intricate (adj.) • complicated, difficult to understand • bondage (n.) • slavery; any state of being bound or held down

  4. incessant (adj.) • never stopping, going on all the time • sardonic (adj.) • grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

  5. superfluous (adj.) • exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess • taunt • (v.) to jeer at, mock; • (n.) an insulting or mocking remark

  6. It was impossible to efface himself, even in the kitchen.

  7. to take the place of, supersede • supplant (v.) • complicated, difficult to understand • intricate (adj.) • slavery; any state of being bound or held down • bondage (n.)

  8. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess • superfluous (adj.) • (v.) to jeer at, mock; • (n.) an insulting or mocking remark • taunt

  9. to make up for • atone (v.) • frightful, horrible; deathly pale • ghastly (adj. ) • occurring or published after death • posthumous (adj.)

  10. never stopping, going on all the time • incessant (adj.) • grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic • sardonic (adj.)

  11. The Hubble delivered an unsullied photo of the universe.

  12. diligent (adj.) • hardworking, industrious, not lazy • doleful (adj.) • sad, dreary

  13. defray (v.) • to pay for • hew (v.) • to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to • lucid (adj.) • easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

  14. tenacious (adj.) • holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent • credible (adj.) • believable • hamper (v.) • to hold back

  15. impoverished (adj.) • poor, in a state of poverty; depleted • prim (adj.) • overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

  16. He was unflinching in his pursuit of girth.

  17. So was she.

  18. holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent • tenacious (adj.) • believable • credible (adj.) • to hold back • hamper (v.)

  19. hardworking, industrious, not lazy • diligent (adj.) • sad, dreary • doleful (adj.)

  20. to pay for • defray (v.) • to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to • hew (v.) • easy to understand, clear; rational, sane • lucid (adj.)

  21. poor, in a state of poverty; depleted • impoverished (adj.) • overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish • prim (adj.)

  22. We looked beyond the precipice and saw traces of a bear-sculptor.

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