Great Expectations: Vocab.

Question 0

Ravenously

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(Of hunger and need) very great

Question 1

Explicit

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Stated clearly or in detail

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Trenchant

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Clearly or sharply defined; distinct

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Virtues

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Moral excellence

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Expectorating

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Cough or spit out phlegm from throat or lungs

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Apprehension

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Anxiety or fear the something bad or unpleasant will happen

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Consternation

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Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

Question 7

Vicariously

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Experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person

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Oracle

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An utterance, often ambiguous given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry

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Patronage

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A condescending manner or attitude in granting favor, in dealing with people

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Disdainfully

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Showing contempt or lack of respect

Question 11

Penitential

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Of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of repentance

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Contempt

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The feeling with which a person regards anything considered worthless, scorn

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Insolently

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Showing rude and arrogant lack of respect

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Frantic

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Wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion

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Felicitous

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Well chosen or suited to the circumstance

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Superciliously

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others

Question 17

Divined

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To discover by guesswork or intuition

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Plaintively

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Sounding sad and mournful

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Condescend

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Show feeling of superiority

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Alluded

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Suggest

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Scaffold

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Raised wooden platform

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Assented

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The expression for approval or agreement

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no moral principles

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Disconsolately

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Without consolation or confront; unhappy

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Surmising

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Supposing that something is true without evidence

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Rampage

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Violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive

Question 27

Corroborate

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Confirm or give support to

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Imperceptibly

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Impossible to perceive

Question 29

Aberration

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An unwelcome departure from the normal, usual, or expected

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Latent

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Existing but no yet developed

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Imbrued

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To stain

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Encumberd

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To restrict in such a way that free action is difficult

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Obscurely

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Not discovered or known about

Question 34

Virtuous

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Having or showing high moral standards

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Clemency

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Mercy; lenience

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Audacious

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Showing a brazen amount of disrespect

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Alleviated

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Make suffering less

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Solicitor

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A person who tries to obtain business orders, advertising

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Languor

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The state or feeling, often pleasant

Question 40

Unreservedly

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Without reservations; complete

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Perplexity

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Inability to deal with or understand

Question 42

Compilation

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The process of producing something by assembling information