Advanced Vocab #6- Great Expectations Flashcards

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Pervading

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Spreading throughout

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condescension

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the attitude of dealing with others in the proud haughty or superior way

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Subterfuge

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stratagem used to hide ones true objective or to evade an unpleasant situation

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Vexation

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Annoyance , irritation

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious not readily understood

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Melancholy

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Sad and gloomy

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Mollified

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May be made less intense or violent; softened

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Indentures

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Contracts finding people to work for another for a specific period of time

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Unremunerative

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uncompensated , unrewarding

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