Great Expectations Vocabulary Ch. 16-22
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haileybear8D on February 17, 2012
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GE vocabulary chapters 16-22
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fabulous | extremely pleasing; very good; amazing |
| confound | mistake one thing for another |
| intolerable | unbearable, impossible to tolerate or endure |
| pettish | easily irritated or annoyed |
| adversary | someone who offers opposition; opponent |
| compose | put together out of existing material |
| wreak | to inflict; to cause (something bad) |
| mortification | shame; humiliation; embarrassment |
| magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit |
| execrated | denounced; cursed |
| beguiled | filled with wonder and delight; tricked; cheated |
| constraint | limitation or restriction |
| decanter | a bottle with a stopper |
| patronize | to treat as inferior |
| deprecation | the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) |
| discretion | good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose |
| impartial | showing lack of favoritism; neutral |
| disparity | inequality; difference |
| inaccessible | not capable of being obtained |
| compose | put together out of existing material |
| acquiesce | to accept without protest; to agree or submit; to give in or comply |
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