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Great Expectations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| made less sever, intense, or violent; softened | mollified |
| sad and gloomy | melancholy |
| mysteriously | inscrutably |
| an annoyance | vexation |
| frustrated; upset | disconcerted |
| a strategem used to hide one's true objective or o evade an unpleasant situation | subterfuge |
| forced upon (someone) unwillingly | obtruded |
| spreading throughout | pervading |
| the act of dealing with others in a proud or haughty way | condescension |
| generous in overlooking an injury or insult | magnanimous |
| deeply respected | vevenerated |
| miserable; wretched | abject |
| good-natured; friendly | amiable |
| ill-temepered; gloomy | morose |
| joking, especially in an ironic way or at an inappropriate time | facetious |
| disgust and loathing | abhorrence |
| extreme dislike | repugnance |
| an intense dislike | aversion |
| in a manner lacking reverance or respect | impiously |
| showing doubt or disbelief | incredulously |
| lively or animated acts of behavior | vivaciously |
| acting like an absolute ruler; tyrannical | despotic |
| said repeatedly | reiterated |
| in an athorative manner | magisterially |
| offered | proffered |
| an intense ill will and desire to hurt others | malignity |
| hatred | detesation |
| a lead weight | plummet |
| so slight or gradual as not to be easily perceived | imperceptible |
| that which cannot be erased | indelible |
| act of voluntarily doing without food, drink, or some other pleasure | abstinence |
| leniency or mercy shown toward an offender | clemency |
| weakening | debilitating |