Jane Eyre - Vocab Chapters 1-2

Lamentable:

• -adj.

1. wretched, deplorable, or distressing
2. an archaic word for mournful

Torpid:

• -adj.

1. inactive or sluggish
2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic
3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal

Bilious:

• -adj.

1. peevish; irritable; cranky
2. extremely unpleasant or distasteful

Antipathy:

• -noun, plural

1. a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion
2. an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling
3. an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike

Impudence:

• -noun

1. the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence
2. impudent conduct or language
3. obsolete. lack of modesty; shamelessness

Pungent:

• -adj.

1. acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant
2. caustic, biting, or sharply excessive

Trifle:

• -noun

1. a small quantity or amount of anything; a little

Benefactress:

• -noun

1. a woman who confers a benefit, bequest, endowment, or the like

Ignominy:

• -noun

1. disgrace; dishonor; public contempt
2. shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this

Consecration:

• -noun

1. dedication to the service and worship of a deity

Reviled:

• -verb

1. to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak abusively
2. to speak abusively

Opprobrium:

• -noun

1. The disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy
2. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach

Consternation:

• -noun

1. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay

Tumult:

• -noun

1. highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance

Propensity:

• -noun

1. favorable disposition or partiality

Noxious:

• -adj.

1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious

Sanguine:

• -adj.

1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

Interloper:

• -noun

1. a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others

Abhor:

• -verb

1. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate

Artifice:

• -noun

1. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile
2. trickery; guile; craftiness
3. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness

Precocious:

• -adj.

1. unusually advanced or mature in development

Parley:

• -noun

1. to speak, talk, confer