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great expectations v
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abeyance | temporary suspension of activity |
| abhorrence | loathing, hatred |
| absolve | pronounce free of blame or guilt |
| adamantine | unbreakable, yielding |
| animosity | feeling of strong dislike or hatred, ill will, hostility |
| appalled | shocked |
| apprehension | anxious feeling of foreboding, dread |
| assiduity | diligence, constant attention |
| auspicious | favorable |
| avarice | greed for riches |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| capricious | changing w/o apparent reason; inconstant |
| circuitously | indirectly; in a roundabout way |
| clemency | forbearance or mercy toward an offender |
| commiseration | feeling of sympathy for the distress of another |
| condescension | willingness to descend to the level of social inferior & bestow kindness in a patronizing way |
| contingent | dependent upon conditions or events not yet established |
| copious | plentiful |
| debilitating | weakening |
| deferential | showing courteous respect |
| detrimental | harmful |
| entreated | asked earnestly |
| exonerated | freed from change |
| facetious | witty |
| fortuitously | fortunately |
| frivolity | quality of silliness, amusement |
| ignominously | shamefully, disgracefully |
| imbecility | stupidity |
| imperceptible | barely noticeable |
| imperiously | urgently, in domineeering way, arrogantly |
| indelible | cant be erased, permanent |
| insurmountable | that cannot be overcome |
| interminable | endless |
| irrevocable | cannot be undone |
| ludicrous | absurd |
| magnanimous | noble in mind |
| malignity | quality of being harmful; ill will |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy |
| miscreant | villain |
| mollified | less severe, appeased |
| morose | gloomy, sullen |
| obesquious | showing too great a willingness to obey; fawning |
| odious | offensive, arousing hate |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| ostentatiously | pretentiously; in a flashy manner |
| pernicious | causing great injury, destruction, ruin |
| phenomenon | unusual or extroadinary occurence |
| plebeian | characteristic of common people |
| presentiment | feeling that something unfortunate is about to take place |
| portentous | foreboding, threatening, something bad will happen |
| proffered | offered, presented |
| propensity | natural tendency or inclination |
| ravenously | hungrily |
| repugnance | aversion, extreme dislike |
| sagaciously | wisely |
| sanguinary | bloodstained |
| slovenly | careless in appearance |
| spasmodic | like a spasm, irregular, sudden |
| subterfuge | plan used to hide one's true intentions |
| superciliiously | scornfully, haughtily |
| transfixed | made motionless with awe |
| tremulous | trembling |
| trenchant | forceful |
| trepidation | fearful uncertainty |
| unconscionable | unreasonable; w/o conscience |
| unrenumerative | unprofitable |
| venerated | looked upon with deep feelings of respect |
| vestige | trace, bit |
| vivaciously | in a lively way |
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