Jane Eyre Vocab

avatar

an incarnation or embodiment of a quality or concept; a manifestation of a deity, especially a Hindu deity in human form

badinage

playful talk

cachinnation

convulsive, loud laughter

cicatrize

to heal by the formation of scar tissue, or to become healed by it

coruscate

to glitter; to be brilliant

deglutition

swallowing; the act or process of swallowing

emulous

eager to rival somebody or something; motivated by rivalry

equipage

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

paroxysm

a sudden outburst of emotion or action; a crisis 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 (Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet)

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 ruddy complexion and temperament once thought to come from that humor; passionate (Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet)

seraglio

a harem, the women's quarters in a Muslim house or the women themselves; a Turkish palace

sophistical

clever sounding but flawed; of sophists

stile

a step or rung that lets people climb over a fence or wall