CHAPTER 47 — Vocabulary
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from CHAPTER 47
- creditor (noun)
- A person or institution to whom money is owed.
- patron (noun)
- A person who provides financial support or backing to another.
- hoarded (verb)
- Accumulated and stored away secretly or greedily.
- rent (verb)
- Torn apart violently (past tense of rend).
- averse (adjective)
- Having a strong dislike or unwillingness toward something.
- ominously (adverb)
- In a way that suggests something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.
- predatory (adjective)
- Seeking to exploit or victimize others; resembling a predator.
- propensities (noun)
- Natural tendencies or inclinations toward particular behaviors.
- sententious (adjective)
- Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
- necromantic (adjective)
- Relating to necromancy; the supposed practice of communicating with the dead or black magic.
- plenipotentiary (noun)
- A person, especially a diplomat, invested with full power to take independent action on behalf of their government.
- unmanned (adjective)
- Deprived of manly qualities; overcome with emotion.
- mauled (verb)
- Handled roughly; wounded by scratching, tearing, or beating.
- entreated (verb)
- Asked someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
- antipodes (noun)
- The direct opposite side of the earth; diametrically opposite places.