Great Expectations
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seriousreader195 on March 5, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 trenchant | severe, sharp |
| dexterity | physical skill or quick wits |
| apothecary | pharmacist |
| consternation | alarm, shocked dismay |
| elixir | cure-all, magical substance |
| interlocutor | person in a conversation |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic |
| penitential | expressing sorrow, guilt, or sense of wrong doing |
| blithe | cheerful and carefree |
| imperious | arrogant and domineering |
| livid | furious, with bluish bruised color or ashen pale |
| emphatic | with force, definite |
| erudition | scholarship |
| sagacious | wise, intelligent |
| ablutions | ritual washings |
| affinity | similarity or connection between people or things |
| sullen | grumpily quiet, showing bad temper by refusing to be sociable |
| ignominious | shameful, dishonorable |
| reticence | shyness |
| adamantine | hard, unyielding |
| felicitous | pleasant, fortunate |
| tumult | noisy commotion |
| ascertain | determine something |
| pugilistic | of a boxer |
| placable | tolerant, easily pleased |
| valedictory | words said on leaving |
| audacious | bold, daring, fearless |
| miscreant | wrong-doer |
| doleful | sad and mournful |
| capacious | able to hold a lot |
| morose | having a withdrawn, gloomy personality |
| boorish | crass, insensitive, ill-mannered |
| choleric | easily angered or irritated |
| droll | oddly amusing |
| elocution | art of speaking clearly, well, with correct enunciation |
| approbation | favorable opinion of something |
| facetious | -inappropriately witty |
| superfluous | unnecessary, extra |
| languid | sluggish, without energy |
| diffident | shy, lacking confidence |
| obsequious | excessively eager to please or obey |
| descry | to see, catch sight of something |
| cogent | rationally persuasive |
| liberality | generosity, broadmindedness |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| crib | urban apartment |
| tacit | understood without being said |
| supercilious | arrogant, snooty |
| unconscionable | morally unacceptable |
| obdurate | stubborn |
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