Great Expectations Vocab 2

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miscreant

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adjective
1. depraved, villainous, or base
2. holding a false or unorthodox belief; heretical

noun
1. a vicious or depraved person; villian
2. a heretic or infedel

Front 2

clemency

Back 2

noun
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

Front 3

maudlin

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adjective
1. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness

Front 4

inefficacy

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noun
lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect

Front 5

apostrophe

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noun
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea

Front 6

suppliant

Back 6

noun
a person who supplicates; petitioner

adjective
expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc.

Front 7

myrmidon

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noun
1. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War
2. A person who executes without question or scruple a master's command

Front 8

plebeian

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adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the common people
2. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Ancient Roman plebs
3. commonplace, common, or vulgar

noun
a member of the common people

Front 9

imbrued

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verb
1. to stain
2. to impregnate or imbue

Front 10

stolidity

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adjective
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive