Vocab Jane Eyre

Question 1

Acrid

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Harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper

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Antipathy

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Extreme dislike

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Aperture

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An opening

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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Bilious

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Bad tempered, cross

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Capricious

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Changing one’s mind often and quickly

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Captious

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Fault finding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

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Conjecture

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An interference based upon guesswork; a supposition

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Consternation

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Dismay, confusion

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Execrations

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Curses

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Fain

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Gladly

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Fermented

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To provoke or cause trouble

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Hoary

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Whitish or gray, usually from age

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Ignominy

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Deep disgrace

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Indemnity

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A payment for damage or loss

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being overcome

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Interloper

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One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler

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Intimated

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Implied

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Noxious

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Harmful; poisonous, lethal

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Parley

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Discussion, visually between enemies

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Peremptorily

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Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

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Peruse

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Read carefully

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Precocious

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Showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

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Preternatural

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Supernatural, exceptional

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Propensities

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Inclinations or tendencies

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Recompense

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To repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

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Tumult

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Noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance

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Turbid

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Cloudy, muddy, in a state of turmoil

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Unwonted

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Not usual or expected; not in character

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Virulent

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Extremely poisonous

Question 32

Wantonly

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Without a reason