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sprightly
animated, vivacious, or gay; lively
haunts
to reappear as ghost; to visit habitually; visit frequently
hearth
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
disposed
having made preperations; naturally disposed toward
benefacress
a woman benefactor
captious
tending to find and call attention to faults
insolent
unrestrained by convention of propriety; marked by casual disrespect
indemnity
legal exemption from liability for damages; protection against future loss; a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
opproprium
a state of extreme dishonor; state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
insurrection
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
propensities
natural inclination or tendency
sanguine
confidently optimistic and cheerful; inclined to a healthy reddish color ofen associated with outdoor life
interloper
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
abhor
find repugnant
artifice
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
virulent
infectious; having the ability to cause disease; harsh or corrosive in tone; extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
presume
take liberties or act with too much confidence; aceept without verification or proof; take upon oneself
insuperable
impossible to surmount; incapable of being surmounted or excelled
dearth
insufficient quatity or number; an acute insufficiency
engendered
to produce, cause, or give rise to
judicious
marked by the exercise of good judgement or common sense in practical matters
antipathy
the object of a feeling or intense aversion; something to be avoided; a feeling of intense dislike
ominous
presaging ill fortune; threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
slatternly
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially towards women
expostulations
remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest
assiduity
great and constant dilligence and attention
exigency
a pressing or urgent situation; a sudden unforseen crisis that requires immediate action
penurious
excessively unwilling to spend; not having enough money to pay for necessities
perfidious
tending to betray; especially having a treatherous character as attrivbuted to the Cartaginians by the Romans
obviating
made impossible
solicitous
showing hovering attentiveness; full of anxiety and concern
fetters
anything that confines or restrains
sententious
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; concise and full meaning
fallible
likely to fail or make errors; having the attribvutes of man as opposed to divine beings
enigmatical
not clear to the understanding
austere
a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; severely simple; practicing great self-denial
imperious
able to deal authoritatively with affairs
sardonic
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Author
greenzach
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117895
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Jane Vocabulary
Description
Vocabulary for Jane Eyre Volume 1
Updated
2011-11-19T18:38:59Z
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