Great Expectation vocab
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- Plummet
- a lead weight
- malignity
- an intense ill will and desire to hurt others
- clemency
- leniency or mercy shown toward an offender
- abject
- miserable; wretched
- incredulous
- showing doubt or disbelief
- despotic
- acting like an absolute ruler; tyrannical
- detestation
- hatred
- venerated
- deeply respected
- abstinence
- the act of voluntarily doing without food, drink, or some other pleasure
- morose
- ill-tempered; gloomy
- magnanimous
- generous in overlooking an injury or insult
- magisterially
- in an authoritative manner
- condescension
- the act of dealing with others in a proud or haughty way
- facetious
- hoking, especially in an ironic way or at an inappropriate time
- imperceptible
- so slight or gradual as not to be easily perceived