Great Expectations Vocab

  • Reticent - to hold thing back

  • Remonstrance - criticizing; to reject an idea

  • Doleful - sad, mournful

  • Incur - to make happen

  • Perspicuity - careful, thoughtful judgment

  • Latent - to lie still

  • Ludicrous - absurd, crazy

  • Incongruous - things that don’t fit together

  • Inveterate - something that has been around for a long time

  • Mauldin - sentimental, particularly about death

  • Sagacious - to be wise

  • Lethargic - moving slowly

  • Frowzy - unkempt, messy

  • Conflagration - fire

  • Trenchant - very effective

  • Exultant - to be really joyful and full of excitement