Tier 2 Vocabulary to support the teaching and learning of Great Expectations to English Language Learners. Arabic translations included to support ESL and EAL students. Divided into groups of ten for weekly spelling and revision. This coincides with the Great Expectations Knowledge Organiser and the vocabulary therein.
| Vocabulary | Translation | Definition | |
| 1 | Conflict | نزاع | A clash or disagreement that often leads to damaged relationships or violence |
| 2 | Disdain | Feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s respect. | |
| 3 | Heroism | بطولة | Great bravery and courage in adversity |
| 4 | Ambition | طموح | Desire and determination to achieve success. |
| 5 | Social Hierarchy | الهرم الاجتماعي | Pyramid structure of power and relationships between people |
| 6 | Arrogance | غطرسة | Self-importance and an inflated sense of self-worth over others. |
| 7 | Legacy | ميراث | The memory that is left behind or passed down once a person passes away |
| 8 | Distrust | عدم الثقة | Lack of trust. Doubting the honesty or reliability of a person or statement |
| 9 | Stoicism | رزانه | Actively not speaking and masking emotions beneath the surface |
| 10 | Benefactor | فاعل خير | A person who helps people or institutions usually financially |
| 11 | Pride | فخر | A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements |
| 12 | Shame | عار | A painful feeling of humiliation caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour |
| 13 | Ward | مُعال | A vulnerable young person who is looked after by others |
| 14 | Suffering | معاناة | The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. |
| 15 | Desolate | مهجور | Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned |
| 16 | Scrutiny | فحص دقيق | Constant watching for error |
| 17 | Reproach | عتاب | Express criticism towards |
| 18 | Adversity | محنة | Extreme difficulty, challenge and trauma to overcome |
| 19 | Indignation | سخط | A feeling of righteous anger |
| 20 | Brutality | وحشية | Savage physical violence; great cruelty. |
| 21 | Contempt | ازدراء | Scorn or disrespect |
| 22 | Penitent | تائب | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
| 23 | Genteel | أنيق | Marked by refinement in taste and manners (opposite to uncouth) |
| 24 | Reverence | تبجيل | A feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
| 25 | Benevolence | خير | Kind and fair with power |
| 26 | Disconsolately | بائس | Grief-stricken loneliness |
| 27 | Encumbered | المرهونه | Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load |
| 28 | Disparagement | ذم | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| 29 | Dejected | مكتئب | Low spirits, melancholy. Feelings of being defeated. |
| 30 | Uncouth | غير مألوف | Lacking refinement, cultivation, or taste. Lack of manners (opposite to genteel) |
| 31 | Wretched | ردئ | Very unhappy; full of misery |
| 32 | Feign | اختلق | Make believe with the intent to deceive; pretending |
| 33 | Insolent | وقح | Casual disrespect |
| 34 | Implore | ناشد | Beseech or beg |
| 35 | Impressionable | حساس | Easily influenced |
| 36 | Repent | نادم | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
| 37 | Tolerance | تفاوت | The willingness to understand others’ differences or failures without disdain |
| 38 | Eloquence | بلاغة | Powerful and effective language |
| 39 | Avarice | جشع | Extreme greed for material wealth |
| 40 | Tremulous | مرتجف | Shaking or quivering as from weakness or fear |
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