Jane Eyre - Vocab Chapters 3-6

Cadence:

• -noun

1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured
3. the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement

Insuperable:

• -adj.

1. incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted

Aversion:

• -noun

1. strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy 
2. a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy

Audacious:

• -adj.

1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
2. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen

Capricious:

• -adj.

1. subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic

Usurious:

• -adj.

1. practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money; 

Preternatural:

• -adj.

1. out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal
2. outside of nature; supernatural

Cessation:

• -noun

1. a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

Indefatigable:

• -adj.

1. incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring

Refectory:

• -noun

1. a dining hall in a religious house, college, or other institution

Ravenous:

• -adj.

1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious
2. extremely rapacious
3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction

Ewer:

• -noun

1. a pitcher with a wide spout
2. a vessel having a spout and a handle, especially a tall, slender vessel with a base

Assiduity:

• -noun

1. constant or close application or effort; diligence; industry
2. devoted or solicitous attentions

Truculent:

• -adj.

1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing
3. aggressively hostile; belligerent