Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Jane Eyre - Vocab Chapters 31-38

Ebullition:

  • -noun
  1. a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst
  2. the act or process of boiling up
  3. a rushing forth of lava, water, etc., in a state of agitation

Coadjutor:

  • -noun
  1. an assistant
  2. an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic
  3. a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession

Superfluity:

  • -noun
  1. a superabundant or excessive amount
  2. excessive
  3. unnecessary or needless

Veneration:

  • -noun
  1. to regard or treat with reverence; revere

Diffidence

  • -noun
  1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
  2. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.

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