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Jane Eyre
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cavil / cavillers | to raise irritating and trivial objections |
| adjoin | to be close to or in contact with |
| promontory | a high point or land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the coastline - or anatomically, refers to a prominent or protruding part of the body |
| diffident / with diffidence | lacking confidence in one's own ability or worth, timid, shy |
| intimated | to indicate or make known indirectly, imply, suggest |
| bilious | pertaining to bile, an excess thereof, often making one cranky and irritable, or extremely unpleasant, distasteful |
| antipathy | a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance, aversion |
| impudent / impudence | of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery (shameless, barefaced audacity) |
| incredulous | disinclined or indisposed to believe, skeptical |
| underhand / underhanded | secret and crafty or dishonorable |