Great Expectations Vocab

Question 1

Benevolent

Answer 1

Showing or motivated by sympathy

Question 2

Reverence

Answer 2

Feeling of profound respect for someone

Question 3

Indiscriminate

Answer 3

Failing to make or recognize distinctions

Question 4

Retributive

Answer 4

Given in requital according to merits

Question 5

Explicit

Answer 5

Precisely or clearly expressed, readily observable

Question 6

Ravenous

Answer 6

Extremely hungry

Question 7

Blithe

Answer 7

Carefree or happy or lighthearted

Question 8

Desolation

Answer 8

Sadness from being abandoned

Question 9

Vicariously

Answer 9

Indirectly as by through a substitute

Question 10

Contemptuous

Answer 10

Expressing extreme content

Question 11

Indignation

Answer 11

Righteous anger

Question 12

Divulge

Answer 12

Makes private or sensitive information known

Question 13

Exonerate

Answer 13

Pronounce not guilty or criminal charges

Question 14

Contemptible

Answer 14

Deserving of contempt or scorn

Question 15

Supplicant

Answer 15

One praying humbly for something

Question 16

Detrimental

Answer 16

Causing harm or injury

Question 17

Irate

Answer 17

Feeling or showing extreme anger

Question 18

Corroborate

Answer 18

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain of confirm

Question 19

Benefactor

Answer 19

A person who helps people or institutions especially with financial help

Question 20

Stupefied

Answer 20

Struck down with astonishment