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Great Expectations
Vocabulary from Charles Dicken's Great Expectations
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English
10th Grade
01/26/2010

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imperious
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domineering or everbaring
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discomfit
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to thwart or difeat in battle
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commiserate
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to experience or express pity for
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mollify
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to lessen the intensity/anger; to soften
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trenchant
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vigorous; very perceptive/incisive
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vexation
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act of vexing; a source of irratation
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subterfuge
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a deceptive strategem/device; deception so as to conceal or escape
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presentiment
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a feeling or impression that something is about to happen esp. something evil; foreboding
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exonerate
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to free from guilt or blame; to relieve, as from obligation or task
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ostentatious
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characterized as giving show in order to impress others; intended to attract notice
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consternation
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a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in udder confusion; dismay
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omnipotent
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almighty or infinite in power (as in God); having very great or unlimited authority or power
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remunerative
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profitable; that renumerates
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declamation
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the act/art of declaring; recitation; speech or writing or oratorical effect
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vivacious
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lively; animated; gay
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sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd
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melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged (depressed); sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness; the condition of having to much black bile
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perspicuity
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the clearness or lucidicity as in a statement; the quality of being perspicuous
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spasmodic
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pertainining to or of the nature of spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic; characterised by bursts of excitement
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appropriate
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to set apart, authorise, or legislate for some specific purpose or use
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obtrude
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to thrust forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or information; to push out
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disconcert
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perturb; ruffle; to through into disorder or confusion
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apprehension
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anticipation of misfortune; suspicion or fear of trouble or evil; act of apprehending; view, opinion, or idea on any subject; the act of arresting
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inscrutable
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incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable; not easily understood; not see-through or physically penetrable
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intimate
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detailed; deep; innermost; deep within
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facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing; humorous; lacking serious content
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despotic
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autocratic; tyrannical
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condescension
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an act or instance of condescending; voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior
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magisterial
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authorative; weighty; of importance or consequence; imperious
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abstinence
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any self-restraint; to obstain from something
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plummet
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a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; something that weighs down or depresses
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; high-minded; noble; proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character
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aversion
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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, or repugnance; a cause or object of dislike; turning away or preventing
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indelible
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making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like; that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed, or the like
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debilitate
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to make weak or feeble
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incredulous
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disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical; indicating or showing unbelief
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abject
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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; contemptible; slavish (shamelessly servile)
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repugnance
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strong distaste, aversion, or objection; contradictoriness or inconsistency
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malignity
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malevolence; intense ill will; spite
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clemency
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disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy; an act or deed showing mercy or leniency; in weather: temperance
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reiterate
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to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively
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pervade
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to become spread throughout all parts of
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abhorrence
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a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination; something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood; characterized by or expressing gloom
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detestation
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abhorrence; hatred; a person or thing detested
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impious
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not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly; disrespectful
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imperceptible
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very slight, gradual, or subtle; not perceptible; not perceived by or affecting the senses
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venerate
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to regard or treat with reverence; revere
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amiable
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having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; friendly; sociable; agreeable;
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proffer
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to put before a person for acceptance; offer; an offer or proposal
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