Vocab Jane Eyre #2

Question 1

Vicinage

Answer 1

a neighboring or surrounding district

Question 2

Acumen

Answer 2

keenness and depth of perception

Question 3

Automaton

Answer 3

a mechanism that is relatively self-operating

Question 4

Talisman

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Impediment

Answer 5

an impairment (such as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech

Question 6

Inanition

Answer 6

the quality or state of being empty

Question 7

Expostulate

Answer 7

discuss or examine

Question 8

Impetus

Answer 8

a driving force

Question 9

Avaricious

Answer 9

greedy of gain: excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches

Question 10

Eschew

Answer 10

to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

Question 11

Remonstrance

Answer 11

an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance

Question 12

Odious

Answer 12

arousing or deserving hatred

Question 13

Emaciated

Answer 13

very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness

Question 14

Pallid

Answer 14

deficient in color, pale

Question 15

Quiescent

Answer 15

marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest

Question 16

Remuneration

Answer 16

money paid for work or a service

Question 17

Elysium

Answer 17

any similarly conceived abode or state of the dead

Question 18

Morass

Answer 18

a tract of low, soft, wet ground

Question 19

Ebullition

Answer 19

a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling

Question 20

Coadjutor

Answer 20

an assistant or working jointly with others especially in a subordinate role

Question 21

Superfluity

Answer 21

a superabundant or excessive amount

Question 22

Veneration

Answer 22

great respect and reverence