Jane Eyre vocab-1 Flashcards
1
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duplicity
A
deception
2
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hiatus
A
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action
3
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pungent
A
sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid
4
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soporific
A
causing or tending to cause sleep
5
Q
hector
A
a bully
6
Q
penurious
A
extremely stingy
7
Q
gregarious
A
sociable
8
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sardonic
A
mocking; cynical; sneering
9
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quailed
A
recoil, flinch, cower
10
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antipathy
A
hatred
11
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virulent
A
actively poisonous
12
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morose
A
gloomily
13
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audacious
A
extremely bold or daring
14
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ameliorated
A
to make or become better
15
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perfidious
A
deceitful
