Great Expectations

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remonstrance

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1.an act or instance of remonstrating.
2.a protest: deaf to remonstrances.

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imprecation

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1.the act of imprecating; cursing.
2.a curse; malediction.

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penitent

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1.feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
2.a penitent person.
3.Roman Catholic Church. a person who confesses sin and submits to a penance.

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presentiment

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a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding

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abhorrence

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a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
2.something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome

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apparition

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1.a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith: a ghostly apparition at midnight.
2.anything that appears, esp. something remarkable or startling
3.an act of appearing; manifestation.

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apprehension

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1.anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
2.the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
3.acceptance of or receptivity to information without passing judgment on its validity, often without complete comprehension.

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disdainfully

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full of or showing disdain; scornful.

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exonerate

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1.to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.
2.to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task.

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contemptible

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1.deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
2.Obsolete. contemptuous.

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placid

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pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.

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mortifying

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1.to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2.to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
3.Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.

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coercion

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1.the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
2.force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.

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reticence

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1.disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2.reluctant or restrained.

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patronize

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1.to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
2.to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students.
3.to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support.

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properly

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1.to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
2.to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students.
3.to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support.

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condescend

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1.to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
2.to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
3.to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.

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ostentatious

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1.characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
2.(of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.

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malignant

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1.disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
2.very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
3.Pathology.
a.tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
b.(of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.

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aberration

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1.the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2.the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.
3.deviation from truth or moral rectitude.

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compassion

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a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

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clemency

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1.the quality of being clement; disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy.
2.an act or deed showing mercy or leniency.
3.(of the weather) mildness or temperateness.

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deferential

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showing deference; deferent; respectful.

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repudiate

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1.to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
2.to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.
3.to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine.

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discomfited

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1.to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
2.to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil.
3.Archaic. to defeat utterly; rout: The army was discomfited in every battle.

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ravenously

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1.extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
2.extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast.
3.intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.

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disconsolately

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1.without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
2.characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy: disconsolate prospects.