Jane Eyre Flashcards

(64 cards)

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Belie

A

To picture falsely
misrepresent
to show to be false

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vapid

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dull

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efface

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to rub or wipe out

erase

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officious

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marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others

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5
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celerity

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speed

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importune

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to beset with repeated or insistent requests

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hector

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to intimate or dominate in a blustering way

a bully

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arrogate

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to take or claim for oneself without right

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expiate

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to make mends or reparation for

atone

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10
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consecrate

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to declare as sacred

sanctify

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subjoin

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to add at the end

append

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assuage

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to make something less intense or severe

to pacify or calm

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imperious

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arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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inscrutable

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difficult to fathom or understand

impenetrable

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exonerate

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to free from blame

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16
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chimerical

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highly improbable

fanciful

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contumacy

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obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority

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anathema

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a vehement denunciation

a curse

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lachrymose

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tearful

weepy

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vanquish

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to defeat

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21
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clement

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lenient
merciful
mild

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halcyon

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calm
peaceful
prosperous

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meretricious

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gaudy

vulgar

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contumely

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rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance

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acumen
quickness accuracy keenness of judgement or insight
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To picture falsely
Belie
27
dull
vapid
28
to rub or wipe out
efface
29
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
officious
30
speed
celerity
31
to beset with repeated or insistent requests
importune
32
to intimate or dominate in a blustering way
hector
33
to take or claim for oneself without right
arrogate
34
a bully
hector
35
erase
efface
36
misrepresent
belie
37
to show to be false
belie
38
to make amends or reparation for
expiate
39
to atone
expiate
40
to declare as sacred
consecrate
41
sanctify
consecrate
42
to add at the end
subjoin
43
to append
subjoin
44
to make something less intense or severe
assuage
45
to pacify or calm
assuage
46
arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
47
difficult to fathom or understand
inscrutable
48
impenetrable
inscrutable
49
to free from blame
exonerate
50
highly improbable
chimerical
51
fanciful
chimerical
52
obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority
contumacy
53
a vehement denunciation
anathema
54
a curse
anathema
55
tearful
lachrymose
56
weepy
lachrymose
57
to defeat
vanquish
58
lenient/merciful
clement
59
mild
clement
60
calm/peaceful
halcyon
61
Prosperous
halcyon
62
gaudy/vulgar
meretricious
63
rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance
contumely
64
quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight
acumen