Great Expectations Vocab 2
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- desolate
- deserted, barren
- despicable
- very bad
- despondency
- depression, dejection
- dexterous
- skillful and active with hands
- diffidence
- shyness, reserve
- discern
- to differentiate bw 2 or more things
- disconcerting
- upsetting, frustrating
- discrepant
- disagreeeing, inconsistent
- disdain
- intense dislike, to reject as unworthy, to treat with scorn
- disparage
- to degrade
- disparity
- inequality
- dissipation
- wasteful spending
- edifying
- instructing and improving spiritually or morally
- engender
- to cause, produce, or create
- entreaty
- a plea
- exalt
- to glorify or praise
- execrable
- deserving of hate, very bad
- extricate
- to free, to disentangle
- feint
- a false appearance; a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow
- felicitous
- happy or delightful
- ferment
- state of agitation, commotion
- fortuitous
- something that happens by accident or chance (usually good)
- frivolous
- lacking in seriousness or importance
- gentility
- member of the upper class
- gluttonous
- greedy for food and drink
- goad
- to urge on in a negative sense
- guileless
- without deceit
- hackneyed
- trite, lacking freshness
- ignominy
- disgraceful or dishonorable conduct
- impel
- to urge or to drive forward (usually with moral pressure)