Great Expectations Vocab Flashcards

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Larcenous

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Having to do with theft

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Fetter

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To restrain with chains

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Imprecations

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Curses

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Conciliatory

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Aiming to regain something with a pleasant manner

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Vicariously

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subbing for someone

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Aberration

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A departure from from the normal or typical

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Deferential

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Courteous yielding to the opinion

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Fervent

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Having or showing great emotional warmth

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Reticent

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Reserved

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Lithe

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Readily bent

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Wan

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Unnaturally pale

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Shroud

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What a corpse is wrapped in for burial

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Fortuitously

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By chance rather Than intention

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Lark

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A merry, carefree adventure

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Impregnable

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Incapable of being captured

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

17
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Candor

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Honesty

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Coercion

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Forcing someone to act through pressure

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Affront

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Intentional offense

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Benefactor

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A person who gives Money to help a person or cause