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Jane Eyre Vocab 4
Jane Eyre Vocabulary Chapters 14-17
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10/07/2009

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luster
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a chandelier, candleholder, etc., ornamented with cut-glass pendants
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gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable
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hector
Definition
to act in a blustering, domineering way; be a bully
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palliate
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to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate
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salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful
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charnel
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a repository for dead bodies
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consecrated
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to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow
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ascending
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moving upward; rising
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habergeon
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a short, sleeveless coat of mail
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hauteur
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haughty manner or spirit; arrogance
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etiolated
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weakened or sickly; drained of color or vigor
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phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish
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inscrutable
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not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable
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obscurity
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darkness; dimness; indistinctness
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surfeited
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to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate
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contumacy
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stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority
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exonerated
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to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task
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saturnine
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sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn
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incubi
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something that weighs upon or oppresses one like a nightmare
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forage
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the act of searching for provisions of any kind
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