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Great Expecations > Great Expectation Vocabulary Chapters 10-19 > Flashcards

Great Expectation Vocabulary Chapters 10-19 Flashcards

1
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Mollify

A

Appease the anger or anxiety of someone

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Sublime

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Of such excellence grandeur or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

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Pious

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Devoutly religious

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Dexterous

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Demonstrating neat skill especially with the hands

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no moral principles not honest or fair

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Affront

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An action or remark that causes outrage or defense

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Visage

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A persons face with reference to the form and features

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance rather than design

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Clemency

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Mercy lenience

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display designed to impress or attract notice

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Supercilious

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior than to others

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12
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Vexation

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The state of being annoyed frustrated or worried

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Audacious

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Showing a willingness to take a surprisingly bold risks

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Condescend

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Show feeling of superiority be patronizing

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Hermitage

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The dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote

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Deferential

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Showing deference respectful

17
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Vagary

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An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior

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Benevolent

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Well meaning and kindly

19
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Specter

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A ghost

20
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Monomania

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Exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing

21
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Abject

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Extremely bad unpleasant and degrading

22
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Dejected

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Sad and depressed dispirited

23
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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly an indirect or passing reference

24
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Pervade

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Spread through and be perceived in every part of

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Indiscriminate

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Done at random or without careful judgement

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