Jane Eyre Vocabulary
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CHAPTERS 1-12: Quiz 1 Words 1-25; Quiz 2 Words 26-49
1. Lamentable: adjective, that is to be regretted
2. Torpid: adjective, sluggish in functioning or act
3. Bilious: adjective, of or indicative of a peevish, ill-natured disposition
4. Antipathy: noun, settled aversion or dislike
5. Impudence: noun, a state of being marked by contemptuous boldness or disregard of others
6. Pungent: adjective, a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors
7. Trifle: noun, something of little value, substance, or importance
8. Benefactress: noun, a woman who confers a benefit; especially: one that makes a gift
9. Ignominy: noun, deep personal humiliation and disgrace
10. Consecration: transitive verb, to make or declare sacred
11. Opprobrium: noun, something that brings disgrace
12. Reviled: transitive verb, subjected to verbal abuse
13. Consternation: noun, amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
14. Tumult: noun, disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd, usually with confusion of voices
15. Noxious: adjective, physically harmful or destructive to living beings
16. Propensity: noun, an often intense natural inclination or preference
17. Sanguine: adjective, having temperament marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
18. Interloper: noun, one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity
19. Abhor: transitive verb, to regard with extreme dislike
20. Artifice: noun, clever or artful skill; also: false or insincere behavior
21. Precocious: adjective, exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
22. Parley: intransitive verb, to speak with another
23. Cadence: noun, a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language
24. Insuperable: adjective, incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved
25. Aversion: noun, a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid it
Quiz 2 Words 26-49
26. Audacious: adjective, contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
27. Capricious: adjective, governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
28. Usurious: adjective, practicing usury: the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates
29. Preternatural: adjective, exceeding what is natural or regular
30. Cessation: noun, to delay, be idle
31. Refectory: noun, a dining hall
32. Ravenous: adjective, very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
33. Throng: noun, a multitude of assembled persons
34. Ewer: noun, a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
35. Assiduity: noun, marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
36. Truculent: adjective, feeling or displaying ferocity
37. Penurious: adjective, marked or suffering from a cramping and oppressive lack of resources
38. Solace: noun, alleviation of grief or anxiety
39. Perfidious: adjective, the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
40. Ameliorated: transitive verb, to make better or more tolerable
41. Effluvia: noun, an invisible emanation; especially: an offensive exhalation or smell
42. Scourge: noun, a cause of wide or great affliction
43. Ostensible: adjective, intended for display: open to view
44. Soporific: adjective, causing or tending to cause sleep
45. Effaced: transitive verb, eliminated or made indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
46. Docile: adjective, easily taught, led or managed
47. Injudicious: adjective, not judicious: indiscreet, unwise
48. Fastidious: adjective, very attentive to matters of cleanliness or detail
49. Stile: noun, a step or set of steps for passing over a fence or wall
CHAPTERS 13-21 Quiz 3
1. Conjecture: verb, to arrive at or deduce by conjecture: guess
2. Affability: adjective, being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
3. Gregarious: adjective, fond of company, sociable
4. Salubrious: adjective, favorable to or promoting health or well-being
5. Assuage: transitive verb, to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses)
6. Lugubrious: adjective, exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
7. Confabulation: noun, informal talk or discussion
8. Harangue: noun, a ranting speech or writing
9. Anathema: noun, something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
10. Traverse: verb, to go or travel across or over
11. Sagacity: noun, being keen in sense perception
12. Meretricious: adjective, tawdrily and falsely attractive; based on pretence or deception
13. Supercilious: adjective, coolly and patronizingly haughty
14. Physiognomy: noun, facial features held to show qualities of character by their configuration
15. Propitious: adjective, favorably disposed, favorably inclined
16. Impetuous: adjective, marked by impulsive vehemence or passion; impulsive
17. Presentiments: noun, intuitive feelings about the future
18. Augment: verb, to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
19. Ascetic: adjective, strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
20. Eradicated: transitive verb, done away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots
21. Industrious: adjective, constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied
CHAPTERS 22-29: Quiz 4
1. Vicinage: noun, a neighboring or surrounding district
2. Acumen: noun, keenness of perception or discrimination, especially in practical matters
3. Automaton: noun, an individual who acts in a mechanical fashion
4. Talisman: noun, an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
5. Impediment: noun, something that impedes; especially an organic obstruction to speech
6. Inanition: noun, the exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water
7. Expostulate: intransitive verb, to reason earnestly for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance
8. Impetus: noun, a driving force: impulse
9. Avaricious: adjective, greedy; excessively acquisitive in seeking to hoard riches
10. Eschew: transitive verb, to avoid habitually; especially on moral or practical grounds
11. Remonstrance: noun, an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance
12. Odious: adjective, arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance
13. Emaciated: adjective, abnormally thin or weak; especially because of illness or a lack of food
14. Pallid: adjective, deficient in color, pale, wan.
15. Quiescent: adjective, marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest
16. Remuneration: noun, something that pays an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense
CHAPTERS 30-38: Quiz 4
1. Elysium: noun, the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
2. Morass: noun, marsh, swamp; figurative, a complicated or confused situation
3. Ebullition: noun, a sudden violent outburst or display
4. Coadjutor: noun, one who works together with another
5. Superfluity: noun, excess, oversupply
6. Veneration: noun, respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, or talent of a person
7. Diffidence: noun, state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence