slavery, servitude

•bondage

frightful, dreadful

•ghastly

surplus, exceeding what

is sufficient

•superfluous

dogged, persistent

•tenacious

Poverty-stricken, destitute

•impoverished

caustic, bitterly sarcastic

•sardonic

chop, to shape or cut down with an ax

•hew

easy to understand,

clear

•lucid

hinder, impede, inhibit

•hamper

make amends for

•atone

assiduous, hardworking

•diligent

ridicule, deride

•taunt

proper, formal, overly neat

•prim

complex

•intricate

postmortem, occurring after

death•posthumous

conform, to hold to

•hew

replace, supersede

•supplant

ceaseless, constant,

uninterrupted•incessant

plausible, believable

•credible

assiduous, hardworking

•diligent

bear the cost, foot the bill

•defray

melancholy, sorrowful, sad

•doleful

slavery, servitude

•bondage

frightful, dreadful

•ghastly

surplus, exceeding what

is sufficient

•superfluous

dogged, persistent

•tenacious

melancholy, sorrowful, sad

•doleful

caustic, bitterly sarcastic

•sardonic

chop, to shape or cut down with an ax

•hew

easy to understand,

clear

•lucid

Poverty-stricken, destitute

•impoverished

make amends for

•atone

ridicule, deride

•taunt

proper, formal, overly neat

•prim

complex

•intricate

bear the cost, foot the bill

•defray

postmortem, occurring after

death•posthumous

conform, to hold to

•hew

replace, supersede

•supplant

ceaseless, constant,

uninterrupted•incessant

hinder, impede, inhibit

•hamper

plausible, believable

•credible

slavery, servitude

•bondage

frightful, dreadful

•ghastly

surplus, exceeding what

is sufficient

•superfluous

dogged, persistent

•tenacious

Poverty-stricken, destitute

•impoverished

caustic, bitterly sarcastic

•sardonic

chop, to shape or cut down with an ax

•hew

easy to understand,

clear

•lucid

hinder, impede, inhibit

•hamper

make amends for

•atone

assiduous, hardworking

•diligent

ridicule, deride

•taunt

proper, formal, overly neat

•prim

complex

•intricate

postmortem, occurring after

death•posthumous

conform, to hold to

•hew

replace, supersede

•supplant

ceaseless, constant,

uninterrupted•incessant

plausible, believable

•credible

assiduous, hardworking

•diligent

bear the cost, foot the bill

•defray

melancholy, sorrowful, sad

•doleful

slavery, servitude

•bondage

frightful, dreadful

•ghastly

surplus, exceeding what

is sufficient

•superfluous

dogged, persistent

•tenacious

melancholy, sorrowful, sad

•doleful

caustic, bitterly sarcastic

•sardonic

chop, to shape or cut down with an ax

•hew

easy to understand,

clear

•lucid

Poverty-stricken, destitute

•impoverished

make amends for

•atone

ridicule, deride

•taunt

proper, formal, overly neat

•prim

complex

•intricate

bear the cost, foot the bill

•defray

postmortem, occurring after

death•posthumous

conform, to hold to

•hew

replace, supersede

•supplant

ceaseless, constant,

uninterrupted•incessant

hinder, impede, inhibit

•hamper

plausible, believable

•credible