Great Expectations Vocab 1 Rose
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aghast | struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or terror |
| assail | to attack violently or vigorously; assault to attack with arguments, criticism to undertake with the purpose of mastering to impinge upon; make and impact on |
| banns | notice of an intended marriage any public announcment of a proposed marriage made in a church or by church officials |
| bile | bitter liquid that helps aid in digestion and absorption ill temper, peevishness either of two humors associated with anger and gloominess |
| chandler | a person who makes or sells candles and other items of tallow (wax, soap) a dealer or trader in supplies, provisions |
| commiserate | to fell or express sorrow or sympathy, to pity |
| conciliatory | intended to placate or reconcile, forgive |
| connubial | of or relating to marriage or wedlock, matrimonial, conjugal |
| consternation | a sudden, alarming amazment or dread that results in utter confusion, dismay |
| contumacious | stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. |
| cravat | necktie a cloth, often trimed with lace that was tied around the neck a bandage used to cover up fractures or wounds |
| detest | to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely |
| dissuade | to advice or urge against to deter by advice or persuasion (synonym- persuade) |
| elixir | alchemic preparation sweetened aromatic solution believed to bring prolonging life |
| ensue | to follow in order; come afterward, in immediate succession |
| expectorate | to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit |
| garret | an attic, usually a small, wretched one. |
| gluttony | excessive eating and drinking |
| homily | a sermon or lecture, usually on a biblical topic an inspirational saying |
| imperious | domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing urgent; imperative |
| imprecation | the act of imprecating; cursing a curse; malediction |
| impregnable | strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable not to be overcome or overthrown |
| intimate (verb) | to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest |
| larcenous | of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny. guilty of larceny (larceny is basically stealing) |
| omnipotent | almighty or infinite in power, as God having very great or unlimited authority or power |
| prodigal | lavishly abundant wastefully or recklessly extravagant giving or yielding profusely a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree wonderful or marvelous abnormal; monstrous |
| regale | to entertain lavishly or agreeably to entertain with choice food or drink |
| restorative | serving to restore; pertaining to restoration capable of renewing health or strength |
| trenchant | clearly or sharply defined; clear-cut; distinct vigorous; effective; energetic |
| vestry | a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept (sacristy, chapel) |
| vicarious | felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
| vivacious | lively; animated; gay (happy) |
| waistcoat | an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest, usually worn with a riding habit an 18th-century garment for women that is similar to a man's vest, usually worn with a riding habit |
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