Jane Eyre Chapter 22-29 Vocab

Vicinage

a neighboring or surrounding district

Acumen

keenness of perception or discrimination

Automaton

an individual who acts in a mechanical fashion

Talisman

an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune

Inanition

the exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water

Expostulate

to reason earnestly for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance

Impetus

a driving force: impulse

Avaricious

greedy; excessively acquisitive in seeking to hoard riches

Eschew

to avoid habitually; especially on moral or practical grounds

Remonstrance

an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance

Odious

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

Emaciated

abnormally thin or weak; especially because of illness or a lack of food

Pallid

deficient in color

Quiescent

marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest

Remuneration

something that pays an equivalent to for a service