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Great Expectations
Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| explicit | definite |
| lair | home of a wild animal |
| ravenously | very hungry |
| impart | to give |
| divine | to guess |
| disconsolate | unable to be comforted |
| larceny | theft |
| consternation | amazement |
| remonstrance | protest |
| garret | attic |
| interpose | to interrupt |
| pall | anything dark and gloomy that covers or wraps around something |
| rimy | frosty |
| desolation | misery |
| imprecation | curse |
| prodigiously | enormous |
| vicarious | experienced through imagined sharing in another’s activities |
| compassionate | sympathetic |
| profound | complete |
| declamation | speech delivered in a dramatic manner |
| commiserate | to sympathize with |
| indignation | anger |
| abhorrence | hatred |
| appall | to horrify |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| imperious | domineering |
| meditative | in deep thought |
| apprehension | anxiety |
| asunder | apart |
| execrate | to curse |
| grove | to cringe |
| parley | a discussion held to settle a dispute |
| render | to express in one’s way |
| oracle | something or someone believed to be a source of wisdom |
| expend | to use up |
| epistle | a letter |
| erudition | extensive knowledge obtained through reading and study |
| conciliatory | soothing |
| ablution | a washing of the body or part of it |
| speculation | a theory or conclusion based on guesswork |
| discomfit | to make uneasy |
| dependent | hanging down |
| aversion | an extreme dislike |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| testy | touchy |
| felicitous | suitable to a specific purpose |
| synopsis | brief summary |
| indiscriminate | haphazard |
| expound | to explain in detail |