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Jane Eyre Vocabulary 29-58
Jane Eyre Vocab.
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English
10th Grade
01/12/2012

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Exonerated
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Relieved from an obligation, duty or task; freedom from blame
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Contumacy
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Willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience
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Ensconced
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Settled securely or snugly
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Caprice
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A whim; mere fancy; sudden change of mind
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Contumelious
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Bitter; scornful or mocking
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Epithet
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A name; an adjective or term applied to a person or thing to express an attribute; a phrase or expression
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Acrimony
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Irritating or angry sharpness
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Sardonic
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Humiliatingly insolent
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Enigmas
Definition
Riddles; puzzles; mysteries
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Bliss
Definition
Supreme happiness
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Eyrie
Definition
Nest of a bird of prey; any nest, habitation or position of loft
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Incarnate
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To embody in flesh; to represent in a concrete way
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Sequestered
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Secluded or out-of-the-way, as places; withdrawn from others
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Presentiments
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Forebodings; a feeling that something is going to happen
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Iteration
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Repetition
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Purloined
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Stolen; done away with
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Ascetic
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One who practices religious austerities; a hermit or recluse
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Covert
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Disguised; secret; concealed
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Ruth
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Sorrow; regret; pity or compassion
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Indolence
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Laziness
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Acumen
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Mental acuteness; sharpness or keenness of insight
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Allege
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To assert in argument; to declare as true but without proving
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Effaced
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Caused to be unnoticed; wiped out' done away with
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Awry
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Amiss; wrong; a turn or twist to one side
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Vale
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Valley
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Accession
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Addition or increase; attainment to an office, a right, or dignity
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Despotism
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Absolute power or control; tyranny
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Audacity
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Reckless boldness; daring; impudence
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Malignant
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Evil in effect' malicious; deadly
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Impediment
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Obstacle; hindrance; a physical defect
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