Great Expectations Vocab Flashcards
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Ravenously
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Hungrily
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Prevailing
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Most common; widespread
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Connubial
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Relating to marriage
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Disconsolately
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Gloomily
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Trenchant
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Distinct; forceful effective and vigorous
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Consternation
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State of paralyzing dismay
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Augmented
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Added to
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Obstinately
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Stubbornly
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Ague
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Fever and chills
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Countenances
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Faces
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Blithe
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Carefree and lighthearted
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Omnipotent
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All powerful
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Asunder
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Apart from each other
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Execrating
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Cursing
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Exonerated
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Freed from blame
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Sagaciously
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Intelligently; wisely
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Insolently
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Insultingly; rudely
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Capricious
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Whimsical
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Ignominiously
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Shamefully; humiliatingly
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Felicitous
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Lucky
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Synopsis
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Summary
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Fortuitously
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By accident or chance
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Pervade
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Be present throughout
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Trepidation
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State of dread or alarm
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Augur
Predict
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Benevolent
Good
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Morose
Melancholy; gloomy
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Unscrupulous
Without a conscience or moral code
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Corroborated
Supported by other evidence
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Alienate
Turn away, push away
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Latent
Be present but not active, hidden
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Futile
Having no useful result
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Detrimental
Damaging
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Perused
Looking over with care
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Depreciation
Belittling
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Magnanimous
Generous in forgiving; noble
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Avaricious
Stingy
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Odious
Arousing strong dislike
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Acquiesced
Consented without argument
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Reticent
Reserved
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Exhorted
Urged; advised
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Incongruity
At odds; not matching
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Lucid
Easily understood
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Pernicious
Destructive; deadly
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Execrated
Denounced
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Loitered
Proceeded slowly or with many stops
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Impetuosity
Forcefully or passionately
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Imperiously
Domineeringly, overbearingly
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Contiguous
Neighboring, adjacent
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Approbation
Approval
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Fain
Pleased; willingly; obliged
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Consorted
Associated
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Obsequious
Full of or showing servile compliance
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Abject
Contemptible; miserable, wretched
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Auspicious
Marked by success, grand
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Alluded
Suggested indirectly
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Repudiate
Totally reject
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Tenure
Period during which something is held
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Fidelity
Faithfulness, loyalty
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Eliciting
Bringing out, drawing forth
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Expatriated
Removed from residence in one's native land
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Impiously
Lacking reverence, respect or dutifulness
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Extricate
Release from an entanglement
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Insolent
Arrogant, insultingly
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Superciliously
Showing haughty disdain
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Intricacies
Complexities
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Plaited
Braided
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Truculent
Having a tendency to fight, fierce
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Consigned
Entrusted, gave over to the care of another
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Propensities
Tendencies
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Intimation
Hint
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Refectories
Rooms where meals are served
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Presentiment
Sense that something is about to happen
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Depose
Make a statement of facts
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Obdurate
Hard-hearted; not giving in to persuasion
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Abeyance
Condition of being temporarily set aside
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Epistle
Letter
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Irresolute
Undecided
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Malignant
Disposed towards evil
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Tithe
One tenth
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Reconnoitre
Make a preliminary investigation
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Indelible
Permanent
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Assiduity
Constant personal attentions
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Apparition
Ghost
