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Great Expecations Vocabulary
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Ravenously
Hungrily
Prevailing
Most common; widespread
Connubial
Relating to marriage
Disconsolately
Gloomily
Trenchant
Distinct; forceful, effective & vigorous
Consternation
State of paralyzingly dismay
Augmented
Added to
Obstinately
Stubbornly
Ague
Fever and chills
Constenances
Faces
Blithe
Carefree & lighthearted
Omniponent
All-powerful
Asunder
Apart from eachother
Execrating
Cursing
Exonerated
Freed from blame
Sagaciously
Intelligently; wisely
Insolently
Insultingly; rudely
Capricious
Lucky
Ignominiously
Shamefully; humiliatingly
Felicitous
Whimsical
Synopsis
Summary
Fortuitously
By accident or chance
Pervade
Be present throughout
Trepidation
State of dread or alarm
Augur
Predict
Benevolent
Good
Morose
Melancholy; gloomy
Unscrupulous
Without a conscience or a moral code
Corroborated
Supported by other evidence
Alienate
Turn away; push away
Latent
Present but not active; hidden
Futile
Having no useful result
Detrimental
Damaging
Perused
Looked over with careful
Depreciation
Belittling
Magnanimous
Generous in forgiving; noble
Avaricious
Stingy
Odious
Arousing strong dislike
Acquiesced
Consented without argument
Reticent
Reserved
Exhorted
Urged; advised
Incongruity
At odds; not matching
Lucid
Easily understood
Pernicious
Destructive; deadly
Execrated
Denounced
Loitered
Proceeded slowly or with many stops
Imperiously
Domineering my; overbearingly
Impetuosity
Forcefully or passionately
Contiguous
Neighboring; adjacent
Approbation
Approval
Fain
Pleased; willing; abliged
Consoirted
Associated
Obsequious
Full of or showing servile compliance
Abject
Contemptible; miserable; wretchdd
Auspicious
Marked by success; grand
Alluded
Suggested indirectly
Repudiate
Totally reject
Tenure
Period by which something is held
Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Eliciting
Bringing out; drawing forth
Expatriated
Removed from residents in one's native land
Impiously
Lacking reference, respect or dutifulness
Extricate
Released from entanglement
Insolent
Arrogant; insulting
Superciliously
Showing haughty disdain
Intricacies
Complexities
Plaited
Braided
Truculent
Having a tendency to fight; fierce
Consigned
Entrusted; gave over to the care of another
Propensities
tendencies
Intimation
Hint
Refectories
Rooms were meals are served
Presentiment
Sense that something is about to happen
Depose
Make a statement of facts
Obsurate
Hard hearted; not giving into persuasion
Abeyance
Condition of being temporarily set aside
Epistle
Letter
Irresolute
Undecided
Malignant
Disposed towards evil
Tithe
One 10th
Reconnoitre
Make a preliminary investigation
Indelible
Permanent
Assiduity
Constant personal attentions
Apparition
Ghost
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