Great Expectations Vocab List #3 IB
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BrianKaszuba on February 19, 2010
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VOCABULARY STUDY FOR MR. BRADLEY
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abject | 1. existing in a low state or condition, SPIRITLESS, MEAN, HOPLESS, MISERY, LONELINESS |
| Affront | 1. To insult esp. to the face by behavior, OFFEND, INSULT |
| Beneficent | doing or producing good, performing acts of kindness, charity, HELPFUL, USEFUL |
| Chaste | 1. pure in thought and act, MODEST, CLEAN, SPOTLESS |
| Depreciatory | To lower in estimation or esteem, lower in price and value, DESCRY |
| Descry | To catch sight of, FIND OUT, DISCOVER, make known, REVEAL dicovery or view from afar NOTICE |
| Diabolical | relating to or characterized of the devil DEVILISH |
| Efficacy | The power to produce an effect |
| Epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there |
| Excrescene | Abnormal growth or outgrowth BY-PRODUCT |
| Felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style PLEASANT DELIGHTFUL |
| Fortuitous | occurring by happy chance FORTUNATE, LUCKY |
| Gruff | rough or stern in manner, speech, or aspect HOARSE |
| Hypocrite | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold |
| Imbrue | permeate or impregnate STAIN |
| Impertinent | insolently rude; irrelevant |
| Maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly, weekly and effusively |
| Morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
| Ostentatious | showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display SHOWY POMPOUS |
| Paroxym | (n.) a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion |
| Pervade | spread or diffuse through |
| Propitiation | action designed to soothe or satisfy a person, a cause, etc. |
| Propriety | fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; |
| Remonstrance | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| Reproach | disgrace or shame, disapproval |
| Sanctify | make pure or free from sin or guilt PURIFY BLESS |
| Stolid | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility UNEMOTIONABLE |
| Subterfuge | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity CHEATING FRAUD diguise what you doing |
| Supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy SNOTTY |
| Synopsis | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| Temporize | draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time |
| Toady | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage SYCOPHANT |
| Tremulous | marked by trembling or shaking. timid or fearful |
| Trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread FEAR AWE HORROR PANIC WORRY |
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