Jane Eyre vocab-1 Flashcards
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duplicity
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deception
2
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hiatus
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a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action
3
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pungent
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sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid
4
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soporific
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causing or tending to cause sleep
5
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hector
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a bully
6
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penurious
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extremely stingy
7
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gregarious
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sociable
8
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sardonic
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mocking; cynical; sneering
9
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quailed
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recoil, flinch, cower
10
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antipathy
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hatred
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virulent
A
actively poisonous
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morose
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gloomily
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring
14
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ameliorated
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to make or become better
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perfidious
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deceitful
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mortified
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to humiliate or shame
17
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ignominy
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disgrace; dishonor
18
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retrospective
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directed to the past
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impalpable
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incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch
20
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intimated
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hint; imply
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pensive
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dreamily
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slatternly
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untidy
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repugnance
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distasteful or offensive
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fervently
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enthusiasm
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turbid
clouded or obscured
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aversion
a strong feeling of dislike
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remonstrate
objection
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opprobrium
a cause or object of such disgrace
