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| entreated: Georgiana entreated Jane to stay until she could go to London. |
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| to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg |
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| dissuade: Jane did not attempt to dissuade Eliza from her decision. |
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| to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something |
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| cynosure: Jane thought of Georgiana as the cynosure of a ball-room. |
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| something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc. |
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| traverse: Jane traversed the fields on the way to Thornfield. |
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| to pass along or go across something; cross |
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| acumen: Mr. Rochester read Jane’s thoughts with acumen. |
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| extrication: Jane tried to find a means of extrication from Mr. Rochester’s request. |
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| disentanglement, unsnarling, untangling |
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| repose: Jane’s repose at Gateshead was temporary. |
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| facile: Jane could not find a facile way to deny Mr. Rochester’s request. |
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| done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy |
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| aerial: Mr. Rochester thought Jane was aerial. |
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| having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal |
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| deprecation: Jane showed deprecation when Mr. Rochester offered her many luxuries. |
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| expression of disapproval |
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| bairn: Mr. Rochester called Adèle a bairn. |
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| fractious: Adèle’s pleading made Mr. Rochester fractious. |
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| pertinaciously: Mr. Rochester pertinaciously sought Jane’s eye. |
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| persistently, resolutely, tenaciously |
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| suttee: Jane did not want to be hurried away in a suttee if Mr. Rochester died. |
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| act or custom of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband as an indication of her devotion to him |
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| repartee: Jane spoke to Mr. Rochester with repartee. |
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| adroitness and cleverness in reply |
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| puerile: Jane felt puerile for crying. |
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| childishly foolish; immature or trivial |
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| plebeian: Jane sees herself as a plebeian. |
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| fain: Jane would fain talk to Mrs. Fairfax. |
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| blond: Jane’s wedding veil was a blond. |
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| silk lace, originally unbleached but now often dyed any of various colors, esp. white or black |
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| impediment: Mr. Rochester’s living wife was an impediment to his marriage with Jane. |
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| a bar or hindrance to a lawful marriage |
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