Jane Eyre Vocabulary

Avatar

incarnation, embodiment, as of a concept or quality. manifestation/aspect of a particular deity

Badinage

Playful talk

Cachinnation

Loud laughter

Cicatrize

To heal by scar tissue.

Coruscate

to glitter, be brilliant

Deglutition

the act of swallowing

Emulous

eager to rival, 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

religious offering/gift

Paroxysm

sudden outburst of emotion or action, crisis, recurring intensification of disease

Pertinacious

determinedly resolute in purpose, belief, or action

Phlegmatic

calm, sluggish, unemotional temperament

Ruth

compassion or pity for another

sanguine

of the color red, ruddy complexion, passionate

Seraglio

women’s quarters or women, harem, turkish palace

Sophistical

clever sounding but flawed

Stile

step or rung used to climb over fence or wall