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Vocabulary
from book - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vengeance | the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen |
| recurrence | the fact of happening again |
| chamber | a room used for a special or official purpose, or a group of people who form (part of) a parliament |
| grimace | to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way |
| niggardly | slight in amount, quality, or effort |
| purloin | to steal something |
| neglect | to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility |
| bridle | to show sudden anger |
| shrink | to become smaller, or to make something smaller |
| chastisement | a severe criticism or punishment |