Jane Eyre Vocab

avatar

an incarnation or embodiment, as of a quality or concept, a varying manifestation or aspect of a particular deity, esp. a Hindu deity in human form

badinage

playful talk

cachinnation

convulsive, loud laughter

cicatrize

to heal by the formation of a cicatrix (scar tissue); to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix

coruscate

glitter; be brilliant

deglutition

swallowing; the act of process of swallowing

emulous

eager to rival somebody or something; motivated by rivalry

equipage

well-equipped carriage; equipment and supplies for expeditions

hostler

engineer; horse minder

inanition

exhaustion due to starvation; lethargy; emptiness

lachrymose

crying, sad

oblation

offering of gift to deity; communion offering; religious or charitable gift

paroxysm

a sudden outburst of emotion or action; a crisis in or recurrent intensification of a disease; spasm; convulsion

pertinacious

determinedly resolute in purpose, belief, or action

phlegmatic

having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament, unemotional

ruth

compassion or pity for another; sorrow or misery about one’s own misdeeds or flaws

sanguine

of the color of blood, red; ruddy; having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate

seraglio

harem; the women’s quarter’s in a Muslim house, or the women themselves; palace; a Turkish palace

sophistical

clever-sounding, but flawed; of sophists

stile

a step or rung that enables people to climb over a fence or wall