Miss Johnson Great Expectations Vocab Unit 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Capricious | (adj) given to changes of interest or attitude according to whims or passing fancies: not guided by steady judgement, intent, or purpose. |
| Lethargic | (adj) affected with inertness or inactivity;dull, sleepy, sluggish, apathetic |
| Feign | (verb) give a false impression;to pretend |
| Avarice | (noun) excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain |
| Relinquish | (verb) to give up, abandon,withdraw from, desist from (an idea, action, practice, etc). |
| Sundry | (adj) having an existence, position, or status apart;separate, distinct |
| Temperate | (adj) moderate and self-controlled as regards the indulgence of appetites or desires; marked by moderation: keeping or existing in the middle ground between extremes |
| Chronic | (adj) marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness |
| Subside | (verb) to fall into a state of quiet:cease to rage:settle down:become tranquil |
| Tumultuous | (adj) full of commotion and uproar; marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval |
| Extricate | (verb) to distinguish (one thing) from a related thing by recognition of common and variant elements; to draw out from or forth from and set free of a tangled, jumbled, confused, or otherwise involved heap, mass, or situation: separate and set aside |
| Enlightenment | (noun) a state of having useful or spiritual information |
| Oracle | (noun) a person of great authority or wisdom whose opinions or judgments are regarded with great respect: one who is considered or professes to be infallible guide |
| Abhor | (verb) to regard with repugnance: detest extremely |
| Latent | (adj) existing in hidden, dormant, or repressed form but usually capable of being evoked, expressed, or brought to light |
| Condescend | (verb) to stoop or bend to action or speech less formal or dignified than is customary in one's social rank or importance: come down to the level of one socially inferior;to assume an air of superiority ( as to one inferior or less fortunate) : act patronizingly |
| Vicariously | (adverb) as, by, or through a substitute |
| Vivacity | (noun) the state of being lively in temper or conduct |
| Dubious | (adj) being in doubt: unsettled in opinion;objectively doubtful, fraught with doubt or uncertainty; uncertain |
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