Jane Eyre Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vignette | a decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page |
| torpid | deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation |
| peremptorily | putting an end to all debate or action |
| audacious | fearless; bold |
| noxious | harmful to living things; injurious to health |
| preternatural | out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural; supernatural |
| redolent | having or emitting fragrance; aromatic |
| edification | intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment |
| privation | lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life |
| enigmatical | of or resembling an enigma; puzzling |
| lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
| taciturn | habitually untalkative |
| surfeit | to feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust |
| portentous | of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious |
| impetuous | impulsive and passionate |
| alacrity | speed or quickness |
| ire | anger, wrath |
| lethargic | of, causing, or characterized by lethargy |
| abode | a dwelling place; a home |
| atone | to make amends, as for a sin or fault |
| deprecation | expression of disapproval |
| appropriate | to take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself |
| rake | an immoral or dissolute person; a libertine |
| avaricious | greedy |
| prurience | inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious |
| indigence | poverty; neediness |
| lucid | easily understood; intelligible |
| piquant | charming, interesting, or attractive |
| caprice | an impulsive change of mind; whim |
| succumb | to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; to give up or give in |
| conjecture | inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork |
| cursorily | performed with haste and scant attention to detail |
| expostulate | to discuss or exam; to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate |
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