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Jane eyre vocab
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chastisement | V. the act of punishing or scolding someone |
precocious | adj. unusually advanced for ones age |
usurious | adj. the practice of lending money at an unusually high interest rate |
emulation | n. the effort to act like someone else |
judicious | adj. having good judgment |
hiatus | n. a pause or gap |
capricious | adj. given to sudden, unaccountable changes in mood or behavior |
indignation | n. anger due to unfair treatment |
vehement | adj. forceful;passionate; intense |
insolent | adj. showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect |
Sallow | adj. an unhealthy yellow or brown color |
Enigmas | n. something mysterious, puzzling, difficult to understand (adj= enigmatic) |
Taciturnity | n. the state of being reserved in conversation |
Insipid | adj. lacking flavor |
Trepidation | n. a feeling of fear or agitation about what might happen |
Confabulate | v. to engage in conversation |
Importunity | n. the state of causing annoyance or trouble |
Conjectures | n. an opinion based on incomplete information (v= to conjecture) |
Scorned | Feel or express contempt or hatred |
sequestered | adj. isolated or hidden away |
docile | adj. submissive; ready to be controlled or instructed |
assiduous | adj. showing great care and preserverance |
inexorable | adj. impossible to stop or prevent |
despotic | adj. tryannical |
scrupulous | adj. diligent, thorough, attentive to details |
deferential | adj. respectful |
pensive | engaged in deep or serious thought |
insatiable | adj. impossible to satisfy |
furtively | adv. in a secretive way |