Question

In this excerpt from The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, what do the underlined words mean?

Answer 1

The answer to the first question would be: option 2 "Given", when taken into context the word bequeathed seems to mean that the hatred passed or was given from one generation to the next, the word itself can be defined as to pass on or leave something to someone else.

The answer to the second question would be: option 3 "Team", when taken into context the word congregation seems to mean a group of people who were at a certain place and not the act of getting a group of people together (which would be "gathering"), the word can be defined as a number of people who something together, as a group.

Answer 2

The word bequeathed means. 2). Given
The word congregation means.1). Gathering