English Vocab For Great Expectations Flashcards
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Amiable
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Agreeable; friendly; pleasing (affable & good-natured)
2
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Insolent
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arrogant; rude; disrespectful
3
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Bleak
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cold; dreary
4
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Condescending
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assuming an air of superiority
5
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Oracle
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a person giving wise or final decisions or advice
6
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Contemplate
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to view or consider with careful and thoughtful attention
7
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Contemptuous
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feeling or showing a lack of respect or concern
8
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Pilfer
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To steal
9
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Vicariously
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sharing in someone else’s experience through use of imagination or sympathetic feelings
10
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Larceny
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the unlawful taking of another’s property; stealing
11
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Repugnance
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strong feeling of dislike
12
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Wretched
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very miserable or unhappy
13
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Remonstrance
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an act or instance of protest
14
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Capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable; likely to change
15
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Trepidation
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a state of alarm or nervousness
