Jane Eyre Vocab Chaps 29-end

Question 0

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action; very difficult to change or overcome.

Answer 0

Obstinate

Question 1

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Answer 1

Emaciated

Question 2

An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond usual age for marriage; often considered not needing a man in her life.

Answer 2

Spinster

Question 3

Responsibility for fault or wrong; blame.

Answer 3

Culpability

Question 4

Wavering between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive.

Answer 4

Vacillating

Question 5

Tyrannical; a person who wields power oppressively.

Answer 5

Despotic

Question 6

Gestures or utterances made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another’s arrival or departure.

Answer 6

Salutations

Question 7

Belief in the existence of a supreme beig, specifically a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

Answer 7

Deistic

Question 8

A sudden outburst of emotion or violence; the state of bubbling or boiling.

Answer 8

Ebullition

Question 9

(especially in a woman) the quality of being attractively lively and animated.

Answer 9

Vivacity

Question 10

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.

Answer 10

Rebuke

Question 11

A thing presented or offered to God or a god.

Answer 11

Oblation