Defintions
overly neat; prudish
What is prim?
ridicule; insult
What is taunt?
freedom; liberty
What is bondage?
In the act of Confession, people are asked to (atone; defray) for their sins.
What is atone?
Jane Austen created _______________ and complex characters in her novels.
What is intricate?
to pay for
What is defray?
mournful; dolorus
What is doleful?
lazy; indolent
What is dilligent?
Almost all of Emily Dickinson's 1800 poems were published (sardonically; posthumously).
What is posthumously?
The __________ little lady had beautiful, but rather fussy manners.
What is prim?
to cut down with an ax; to hold to
What is hew?
plausible; acceptable
What is credible?
simple; uncomplicated
What is intricate?
He tried to (supplant; taunt) me in her affections, but he was unsuccessful.
What is supplant?
Women who were slaves can be described as suffering from double _____________ or servitude.
What is bondage?
poor; in a state of poverty
What is impoverished?
ceaseless, uninterrupted
What is incessant?
necessary; essential
What is superfluous?
The teacher's (incessant; sardonic) response was not welcomed by the student who forgot her homework.
What is sardonic?
I cannot stand the _______________ and annoying beeping of my oven timer.
What is incessant?
persistent; holding fast
What is tenacious?
hinder; obstruct
What is hamper?
murky; obscure
When she got pneumonia, her face became (lucid; ghastly) pale.
What is ghastly?
It is rather confusing that the word __________ can mean to chop apart and to hold together.
What is hew?