Jane Eyre Chaps 8-10

Question 0

become less in amount or intensity; make less active or intense

Answer 0

Abate

Question 1

official recognition or approval; official approval

Answer 1

Approbation

Question 2

(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer

Answer 2

Phylactery

Question 3

extreme hostility; extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)

Answer 3

Virulence

Question 4

represented or appearing as such; pretended; appearing as such but not necessarily so

Answer 4

Ostensible

Question 5

preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; unrestrained by convention or morality

Answer 5

Dissipated

Question 6

the most powerful members of a society

Answer 6

Gentry

Question 7

Erased (a mark) from a surface; make oneself appear insignificant or incospicuous.

Answer 7

Effaced

Question 8

showing hovering attentiveness; full of anxiety and concern

Answer 8

Solicitous

Question 9

the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

Answer 9

Etymology

Question 10

currently holding an office; necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; lying or leaning on something else; the official who holds an office

Answer 10

incumbent

Question 11

repetition of an act needlessly; the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

Answer 11

Redundancy

Question 12

reading carefully with intent to remember

Answer 12

Perusal

Question 13

lacking in amplitude or quantity

Answer 13

Scanty

Question 14

willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; easily handled or managed; ready and willing to be taught

Answer 14

Docile

Question 15

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

Answer 15

Fastidious

Question 16

impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored

Answer 16

venerable

Question 17

A statue or sculpture of a person, animal, or thing.

Answer 17

Effigies

Question 18

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

Answer 18

Pallid

Question 19

presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success

Answer 19

Propitious

Question 20

loud convulsive laughter

Answer 20

Cachinnation