Jane Eyre Vocab

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An incarnation or embodiment, especially of a quality or concept, or a manifestation of a particular deity in human form.

Badinage

Playful talk.

Cachinnation

Convulsive, loud laughter.

Cicatrize

To heal by the formation of scar tissue; to become healed by the formation of scar tissue.

Coruscate

To glitter or be brilliant.

Deglutition

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

An engineer or horse minder.

Inanition

Exhaustion due to starvation; lethargy; emptiness.

Lachrymose

Crying or sad.

Oblation

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

Paroxysm

A sudden outburst of emotion or action; a crisis in or recurrent intensification of a disease; spasm or 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; ruddy; having a temperament and complexion thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.

Seraglio

Harem; the women’s quarters in a Muslim house, or the women themselves; a Turkish palace.

Sophistical

Clever-sounding but flawed; characteristic of sophists.

Stile

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