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Duplicate of Jane Eyre Vocab (Chapters 1-10)
Duplicate of Jane Eyre Vocab (Chapters 1-10)
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A guide with some challenging vocab from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, chapters 1-10
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What is the definition of ‘inanition’ (pg. 54 paragraph 4)
Direct perception of truth; without the use of reasoning
A task that is repetitive and laborious
Formal admission or acceptance into a organization or club
Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation
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What is the definition of the word ‘conning’ (pg. 53 paragraph 1)
To behave similar to convicted criminal
A form of deciet that is particularly difficult to recognize
The act of stacking (objects) in the shape of a cone
To learn; study
3
What is the definition of the word ‘alighted’ (pg. 50 paragraph 7)
To travel by use of candle light
Someone who is content; delighted
To dismount a horse
To light (something) on fire; to light
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What is the definition of the word ‘propensities’ (pg. 19 paragraph 4)
The feeling of guilt because of something someone said
Properties; characteristics
A natural inclination or tendency
Having happened before pensities
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What is the definition of the word ‘fervid’ (pg. 87 paragraph 1)
Enthusiastic
A symptom of patients suffering from TB (consumption)
The quality of patients suffering from typhoid fever
An unnatural coldness
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What is the definition of the word ‘irksome’ (pg. 20 paragraph 1)
Annoying; irritating
To move with a certain degree of silence; lurking
Unexpressible longing
Hateful; ire filled
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What is the definition of the word ‘elate’ (pg. 45 paragraph 7)
To refer to something that occurs after something else
To make very happy or proud
To be arrive after a predetermined time
(British Colloquialism); relate
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What is the definition of ‘capricious’ (pg. 36 paragraph 1)
Style of mythic stories from British Isle of Caprious
The quality of a person born from December 22 - January 19
Sharing qualities with the Biblical figure Caprious
Indicative of a sudden unpredictable change; erratic
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What is the definition of the word ‘mien’ (pg. 86 paragraph 6)
Overwhelming indifference towards a situation
Slang term for burnt porridge
German for ‘my’
Demeanor
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What is the definition of the word ‘genteel’ (pg. 30 paragraph 6)
British Colloquialism; gentil
Adjectival form of the french word ‘genial,’ meaning awesome
Belonging to polite society
Someone who is caring
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What is the definition of the word ‘countenance’ (pg. 52 paragraph 2)
Appearance; especially the look of a face
A term used to describe those who’s days are numbered
A (British) colloquialism; Accountant.
A series of objects that can be numbered
12
What is the definition of the word ‘dissipated’ (pg. 108 paragraph 2)
Someone who has vanished in recent years; disappeared
To become spread out
Someone who has an excessive devotion to pleasure
Someone who had a troubled youth and cannot recover
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What is the definition of the word ‘wont‘ (pg. 25 paragraph 3)
To render (a thing) customary or usual
To wish; desire
Will not
To hold immeasurable discontent for someone/something
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What is the meaning of the word ‘ostensible’ (pg. 104 paragraph 3)
When two people meet after a long period of separation
Outwardly appearing as such
Used to describe the spokes of carriage wheels; sturdy
Living closely to the way that is preached in the Bible
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What is the definition of the word ‘poltroon’ (pg. 38 paragraph 4)
A person marked by utter cowardice
A derogatory term for girls who get sent to the red-room
A dull style of clothing; minimal features
(Slang); poultry
