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Jane Eyre Vocab Flashcards

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Ameliorate

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(Verb)- to make something, such as a problem, better, less painful, etc.

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Ardor

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(Noun)- an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling, extreme vigour or energy

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Avaricious

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(Adjective)- greedy of gain; excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches

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Beguile

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(Verb)- to lead by deception

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Bilious

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(Adjective)- of or relating to bile or sickeningly unpleasant

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Capricious

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(Adjective)- changing often and quickly; not logical or reasonable

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Captious

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(Adjective)- marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections

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Corpulent

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(Adjective)- having a large bulky body

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Antipathy

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(Noun)- deep-seated feelings of dislike

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Debauchery

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(Noun)- Bad or immoral behaviour that involves sex, drugs, alcohol

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Deferential

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(Adjective)- showing or expressing difference, regardful

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Diffidence

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(Noun)- The quality or state of being diffident, doubt, fear, reluctance

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Dissipate

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(Verb)- to cause something to spread out and disappear, disperse

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Edification

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(Noun)- moral improvement or guidance

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Eschew

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(Verb)- to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

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Extirpate

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(Verb)- to destroy or remove something completely

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Fastidious

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(Adjective)- very careful about how you do something

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Furtive

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(Adjective)- done in a quiet and secret way to avoid being noticed

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Gregarious

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(Adjective)- enjoying the company of other people

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Halcyon

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(Adjective)- denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful

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Ignominy

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(Noun)- A situation that causes you to feel ashamed or embarrassed

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Insipid

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(Adjective)- not interesting or exciting; lacking in flavour

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Lachrymose

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(Adjective)- tending to cause tears, tending to cry often

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Limpid

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(Adjective)- perfectly clear; clear and simple in style

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Onus

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(Noun)- The responsibility for something, culpability, fault, guilt

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Opprobrium

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(Noun)- very strong disapproval or criticism of a person or thing, especially by a large number of people

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Palliate

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(Verb)- to make the effects of something, such as an illness, less painful, harmful or harsh

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Pathos

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(Noun)- A quality that causes people to feel sympathy and sadness, passion

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Penurious

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(Adjective)- very poor

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Peremptorily

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Adjective- (especially of a person’s manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

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Physiognomy

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(Noun)- The face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character

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Piquant

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(Adjective)- having a pleasant, spicy taste; interesting and exciting

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Propensity

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(Noun)- A strong natural tendency to do something

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Propitious

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(Adjective)- likely to have or produce good results

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Puerile

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(Adjective)- silly or childish, especially in a way that shows lack of seriousness or good judgement

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Quiescence

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(Noun)- The quality or state of being quiescent, dormancy, suspension

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Remonstrate

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(Verb)- to disagree and argue or complain about something

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Revile

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(Verb)- to speak about someone or something in a very critical or insulting way

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Sagacity

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(Noun)- The quality of being sagacious, discernment, insight, perception

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Salient

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(Adjective)- very important or noticeable

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Salubrious

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(Adjective)- healthy

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Sanguine

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(Adjective)- confident and hopeful

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Saturnine

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(Adjective)- very serious and unhappy

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Slatternly

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(Adjective)- of, relating to, or characteristic of a slut or prostitute

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Soporific

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(Adjective)- causing a person to become tired and ready to fall asleep

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Soto voce

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(Adverb)- in a very quiet voice

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Supercilious

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(Adjective)- having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of people who think that they are better or more important than other people

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Taciturn

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(Adjective)- tending to be quiet; not speaking frequently

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Torpid

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(Adjective)- having or showing very little energy or movement; not active, lethargic

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Acumen

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(Noun)- Keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters

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