Unit 4: Novel Study: Jane Eyre, Chapters 21–38

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  1. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  2. augment
    enlarge or increase
  3. chastisement
    verbal punishment
  4. diligence
    conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task
  5. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
  6. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  7. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  8. corpulent
    excessively large
  9. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  10. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  11. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  12. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  13. innate
    inborn or existing naturally
  14. coincide
    be the same
  15. venture
    proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
  16. propensity
    a natural inclination
  17. commodious
    large and roomy
  18. benignant
    characterized by kindness and warm courtesy
  19. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  20. tranquilize
    cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
  21. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  22. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  23. earnestly
    in a sincere and serious manner
  24. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
  25. alter
    cause to change; make different
  26. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  27. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion
  28. vivacity
    high spirits and animation
  29. substantial
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
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