English 8 Jane Eyre Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Halcyon | Happy golden |
| Insipid | Tasteless |
| Physiognomy | Outer features defining inner ones |
| Audacity | Arrogance |
| Judicious | Judging |
| Indolence | Sloth |
| Inexorable | Relentless |
| Incredulous | Unwilling to admit what is true |
| Amicable | Friendly |
| Pertinacious | Stubbornly unyielding |
| Piquant | Spicy |
| Impudent | Cocky |
| Ardent | Fiery, hot |
| Paroxysm | Attack of symptoms of disease |
| Indomitable | Unconquerable |
| Apathy | No feeling |
| Aperture | Hole |
| Assiduous | Working hard for attention |
| Deference | Respect for elderly |
| Discern | To detect with senses |
| Ascendancy | Domination |
| Antipathy | Opposition in feeling |
| Insolent | Insulting in conduct |
| Preternatural | Existing outside of nature |
| Peruse | To examine carefully |
| Hoary | White with age |
| Countenance | Visage, facial features |
| Gloaming | Twilight, dusk |
| Conspicuous | Obvious |
| Ameliorate | To improve |
| Soporific | To cause sleep |
| Propituous | Good omen |
| Blasphemous | Profane |
| Neophyte | To be new at something |
| Enigma | Hard to understand |
| Coquetry | Flirtacious act |
| Sardonic | Sarcastic |
| Lugubrious | Mournful |
| Taciturn | Disinclined to talk |
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