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Great Expectations
Vocabulary Test #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inflammatory | fiery |
| dubious | vague |
| uncouth | crude |
| expatriate | to exile |
| extricate | to get out of an entanglement |
| poacher | someone who hunts or fishes unlawfully on the property of another |
| turnkey | a person in charge of the keys in a jail |
| profess | to declare openly |
| supercilious | proud |
| incursion | a sudden entering into |
| spectral | ghostly |
| remorse | a feeling of guilty for having done something wrong |
| superscription | something written above or outside another thing |
| wicket | a small gate |
| fealty | loyalty |
| elate | to make very happy or proud |
| lacerated | wounded |
| chronic | continuing |
| despond | to become discouraged or hopeless |
| copious | plentiful |
| edify | to teach |
| allusion | an indirect but meaningful reference |
| interment | burial |
| quarry | an animal that is being hunted |
| cogent | forceful |
| auspicious | lucky |
| waive | to put off for another time |
| injudicious | unwise |
| appertain | to relate to |
| contingent | dependent upon something that has not yet happened |
| reproach | to blame or criticize |
| impend | to be about to happen |
| incomprehensible | not understandable |
| relinquish | to give up |
| singularity | distinctness |
| repugnance | a feeling of intense dislike |
| reiterate | to say over and over |
| presentiment | a feeling that a particular thing will happen |
| apprise | to notify |
| injunction | a command |
| brazen | made of or resembling brass in color and hardness |
| insupportable | unbearable |
| irresolute | undecided |
| ineffectual | not producing a desired result |
| inconceivable | unbelievable |
| causeway | a raised road across water or swampland |
| adjure | to command or appeal to solemnly |
| devolve | to be passed on to another person, as a responsibility |
| demeanor | behavior |
| apparition | a ghost |
| inaptitude | lack of ability |