Great expectations\ Flashcards

1
Q

lured

A

To lead someone into danger
with the promise of pleasure or
reward; an attraction or appeal

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2
Q

wrought

A

worked

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3
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wilful

A

Determined to do what you

want to do

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4
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dissociate:

A

separate

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5
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wretched

A

very unhappy

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6
Q

hankerings after

A

To really want

something, to crave or desire it

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7
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gentility:

A

being like the upper class

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8
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aspirations

A

hopes or desires

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9
Q

innermost

A

most private and deeply felt

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10
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strayed

A

move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place

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11
Q

encounter

A

unexpectedly experienced

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12
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hem

A

the very bottom bit of the clothing.

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13
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conscience

A

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to

the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior

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14
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lingering

A

lasting for a long

time or slow to end

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15
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impending:

A

about to happened

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16
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eliciting

A

a responded, an answer or a fact

17
Q

brewery

A

a place where beer is made commercially

18
Q

inwardly

A

registered or existing
in the mind but not expressed to
others

19
Q

dexterous

A

skillful

20
Q

nook

A

corner

21
Q

obtruded

A

become noticeable in an unwelcome way

22
Q

light-hearted

A

cheerfully happy

23
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appalled

A

go white with fear and horror

24
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denuded

A

taken off

25
Q

hyperbole

A

exaggerate

26
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nicety

A

precision

27
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spirit

A

courage

28
Q

beckoned

A

to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer

29
Q

laboring boy

A

practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort

30
Q

ragged

A

clothes in not a very good condition

31
Q

shroud:

A

a cloth for

wrapping

32
Q

disdain

A

a feeling that someone is not

respecting you.