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Vocab - GE
Vocab from chapters 6-11 in Great Expectations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Render | to express in one's own way |
| Oracle | something or someone believed to be a source of wisdom |
| Expend | to use up |
| Epistle | a letter; message |
| Erudition | extensive knowledge obtained through reading and study |
| Conciliatory | soothing, friendly |
| Ablution | a washing of the body or part of it |
| Speculation | a theory or conclusion based on guesswork |
| Discomfit | to make uneasy; embarass |
| Dependent | hanging down |
| Aversion | an extremem dislike |
| Contemptuous | scornful |
| Ignominious | disgraceful |
| Testy | touchy |
| Felicitous | suitable to a specific purpose |
| Synopsis | a brief summary |
| Indiscriminate | Unrestrained |
| Expound | to explain in detail |
| Commend | to give regards, or good wishes, to someone |
| Bereave | to leave sad of forlorn, as by death |
| Proprieties | accepted behavior in polite society |
| Oppressive | hard to bear |
| Discernible | distinguishable |
| Plaintive | sad |
| Contemplate | to think about carefully, look at intently |
| Obnoxious | hateful |
| Condescend | to come down to the level of someone regarded as inferior |
| Unparalleled | unequaled |
| Dexterous | skillful |
| Allude | to make a casual or indirect reference |
| Remonstrate | to protest |
| Diabolical | devilish |