Jane Eyre - Vocab Chapters 23-24

Vicinage:

• -noun

1. the region near or about a place; vicinity
2. a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it
3. proximity

Acumen:

• -noun

1. keen insight; shrewdness

Automaton:

• -noun

1. a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot
2. a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence
3. something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force

Talisman:

• -noun

1. a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm
2. any amulet or charm
3. anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions