Jane Eyre Vocab

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Chidings

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to harass; scold

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Cavillers

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a trivial and annoying objection

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Promontories

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points of high land that juts out into a large body of water

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Vignettes

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brief evocative descriptions, accounts, or episodes

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Torpid

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mentally or physically inactive

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Diffidence

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modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

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Lineaments

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a distinctive feature or characteristic

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Visage

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a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features

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Gorged

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to stuff with food

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Bilious

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extremely unpleasant or distasteful

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Antipathy

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an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike

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Pungent

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acutely distressing to the feelings or mind

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Divest

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deprive of power, rights, or possessions

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Ligature

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a thing used for tying or binding something tightly

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Ignominy

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public shame or disgrace

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Incredulous

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unwilling or unable to believe something

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Turbid

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cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter

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Acrid

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having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste

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Captious

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tending to find fault or raise petty objections

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Insolent

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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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Indemnity

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security or protection against a loss or other financial burden

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Thwarted

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prevent from accomplishing something

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Opprobrium

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harsh criticism or censure

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Consternation

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feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

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Insurrection

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a violent uprising against an authority or government

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Heterogeneous

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diverse in character or content

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Noxious

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harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

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Sanguine

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optimistic or positive in an apparently bad or difficult situation

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Interloper

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a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

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Preternatural

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beyond what is normal or natural

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Aperture

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a hole through which light travels

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Abhor

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regard with disgust and hatred

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Artifice

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clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. as used to trick or deceive others

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Virulent

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extremely severe or harmful in its effects; bitterly hostile

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Parley

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a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, esp. a discussion of terms for an armistice

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Reverberation

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persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is produced

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Reprimand

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a rebuke, especially an official one

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*******

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traditional educational practice in British boarding private schools

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Perused

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read, typically in a thorough or careful way

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Cadence

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a regular beat or rhythm

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Doleful

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expressing sorrow; mournful

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Caste

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a form of social stratification

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Emulation

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Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another

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Infantile

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of or occurring among babies or very young children

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Guy Fawkes

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an English soldier and a member of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators

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Doat

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to love to an excessive or foolish degree

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Insuperable

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impossible to overcome

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Execrations

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to declare to be hateful or abhorrent

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Hiatus

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A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break

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Homily

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a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a sermon

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Dearth

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a scarcity or lack of something

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Vehement

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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

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Orthodox

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of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology

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Recompense

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make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate

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Piety

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the quality of being religious or reverent

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Ruth

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mercy, sympathy

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Port

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a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload

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Sotto voce

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under the breath : in an undertone; also : in a private manner

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Sequestered

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to keep apart from