Jane Eyre - Vocab Chapters 9-10

Ameliorated:

• -verb

1. to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate

Effluvia:

• -noun

1. a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious

Scourge:

• -noun

1. a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture
2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism
3. a cause of affliction or calamity

Ostensible:

• -adj.

1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous

Soporific:

• -adj.

1. causing or tending to cause sleep
2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy