Vocabulary 9

to make up for; to reimburse for a wrongdoing

• Atone
• Diligent
• Hew
• Defray

frightful, horrible; deathly; extremely awful

• Hamper
• Ghastly
• Credible
• Impoverish

to hold back; to delay progress

• Doleful
• Ghastly
• Hamper
• Hew

to shape or cut down with an ax; using heavy blows to hack with a tool or instrument

• Defray
• Doleful
• Hew
• Atone

poor, in a state of poverty; to make poor

• Hamper
• Diligent
• Impoverish
• Credible

hardworking; careful in carrying out tasks and duties

• Ghastly
• Atone
• Doleful
• Diligent

to pay for; provide money to pay

• Hamper
• Atone
• Ghastly
• Defray

believable; trustworthy

• Doleful
• Credible
• Hew
• Impoverish

sad; dreary; filled with sadness or grief

• Doleful
• Impoverished
• Hew
• Atone

The little boy knew had stolen the cookies, so he confessed to his mother to ________ for his wrongdoing. 

• Atone
• Doleful
• Credible
• Hew