| to make up for | | |
| 1. slavery; 2. any state of being bound or held down | | |
| believable | | |
| to pay for | | |
| hardworking, industrious, not lazy | | |
| sad, dreary | | |
| 1. frightful, horrible; 2. deathly pale | | |
| to hold back | | |
| 1. to shape or cut down with an ax; 2. to hold to | | |
| 1. poor, in a state of poverty; 2. depleted | | |
| never stopping, going on all the time | | |
| complicated, difficult to understand | | |
| 1. easy to understand, clear; 2. rational, sane | | |
| occurring or published after death | | |
| 1. overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; 2. prudish | | |
| grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | | |
| exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess | | |
| to take the place of, supersede | | |
| to jeer at, mock | | |
| an insulting or mocking remark | | |
| 1. holding fast; 2. holding together firmly; 3. persistent | | |