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Jane Eyre Vocab
ch.27-30
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12th Grade
09/14/2010

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profligate
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a person who is considered immoral and shameless
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upas-tree
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japanese tree whose bark yields a poisonous fluid
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familiar
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an evil spirit, often in animal form, that acts as a servant to a witch
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avaricious
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greedy
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prurience
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lustfulness
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odious
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disgusting; offensive
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will-o'-the-wisp
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a shifting light that appears over marshes at night
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grafinnen
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german for countesses
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antipodes
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the opposites
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diffident
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shy; lacking self confidence
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furtively
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secretly; in a sneaky manner
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magnanimity
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generosity in overlooking injuries or insults
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syncope
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fainting
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lexicon
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dictionary
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agate
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dialect for "afoot, in progress"
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mendicant
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beggar
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torpid
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temporarily without the power of sensation or motion; dormant
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tractability
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the quality of being easily controlled or tamed
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threaped
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quarreled
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culpability
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the condition of deserving blame
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expostulate
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object vocally and earnestly to a person's actions or intentions
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coruscating
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sparkling; flashing
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inexorable
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unrelenting; unalterable
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