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Great Expectations
Vocabulary Test #3
Question | Answer |
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intimate | close and familiar |
gloat | to feel great pleasure over another’s loss or suffering |
fabulous | unbelievable |
beguile | to deceive |
ordnance | military weaponry |
decanter | an ornamental glass bottle used for serving liquids |
patronize | to treat others with an air of superiority |
depreciation | belittlement |
intolerable | unbearable |
discretion | caution |
adversary | an opponent or enemy |
mortification | humiliation |
impartial | showing no favoritism |
pettish | irritable |
disparity | inequality or difference in rank, quality, or age |
inaccessible | unapproachable |
verily | truly |
smite | to afflict |
compose | to calm or quiet oneself |
miscreant | a wicked person |
paroxysm | a sudden fit or spasm |
prostrate | to be flat |
culminate | to come to the highest degree or effect |
penitential | expressing remorse for one’s wrongs |
reparation | something paid or given to make up for an injury or loss |
impetuosity | an impulsive act |
diffidence | shyness |
thwart | to frustrate |
adjunct | something connected to another thing in a helpful, but not necessary, way |
animosity | extreme hatred |
habituate | to get used to something through frequent and repeated exposure |