Jane Eyre Vocabulary Words

vapid

vapid

(adj.) lifeless, unspirited, dull or tedious

quiescence

(n.) quietness or stillness; inactivity or dormancy

genial

(adj.) friendly, hearty, agreeable, pleasant

palliate

(adj.) mitigate, alleviate

limpid

(adj.)

1. clear, transparent (water, crystal, or air)

2. not obscure; lucid, clear

3. completely calm, free of worry or distress

salubrious

(adj.) healthy; beneficial

neophyte

(n.)

1. a beginner or novice

2. a newly joined member of the roman catholic church

3. a newly converted person

arrogate

(v.)

1. ascribe, attribute or assign to another

2. to claim unwarrantly or presumptuously; assume/ appropriate without right

lurid

(adj.)

1. gruesome, horrible, revolting

2. glowing with a fiery glow: a lurid sunset

3. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: lurid crimes

assuage

(v.) make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

fulminate

(v.) criticize harshly; reprimand, admonish, castigate, censure, berate

enjoin

(v.)

1. order, prescribe, command, require

2. forbid, proscribe, prohibit, banish

ineffable

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

portentous

(adj.)

1. indicating momentous portent, danger

2. threatening, disquieting

insipid

(adj.)

1. vapid, uninteresting, dull

2. tasteless, bland

supercilious

(adj.)

haughty, disdainful, contemptuous to describe a person or a facial expression

lassitude

(adj.)

1. lethargy, exhaustion, fatigue, listlessness

2. apathy, lazy indifference, idleness

chagrin

(adj.) embarrassed; humiliated

(v.) vex by disappointment or humiliation

alacrity

(adj.) eagerness, cheerful readiness

evince

(v.) manifest, display, attest, declare, show clearly

entreat

(v.) ask, beg, beseech, plead with

bequeath

(v.) pass on; bestow

impetuous

(adj.)

1. impulsive

2. violent

expiate

(v.)

1. develop, elaborate, enlarge, as in a description or discussion

2. move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, without restraint

fractious

(adj.)

1. stubborn, difficult

2. petulant, irritable, peevish

colloquy

(n.) conversation, dialogue

stipulate

(v.)

1. designate, guarantee, impose

2. define, state, specify stipulate for / stipulate the…

aver

(v.) maintain, affirm, assert, claim

rescind

(v.) abolish, cancel, revoke, overturn

e.g. rescind a law

resolute

(adj.) admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

ardent

(adj.) enthusiastic or passionate.

ascribe

(v.) refer to, assign, attribute

profligate

(adj.)

1. immoral, corrupt

2. Wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift (n.) person who is immoral

scruple

(n.) anxiety, misgiving (a feeling of doubt, mistrust or apprehension), doubt

(v.) balk, have misgivings

paroxysm

(n.) seizure, spasm, convulsion, any sudden or uncontrollable outburst

candor

(adj.) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

eschew

(v.) abstain, avoid, circumvent, boycott, forgo

remonstrance

(v.) argue, object

used with or without an object

indigence

(n.) poverty

repudiate

(v.)

1. disavow, disclaim

2. renounce, disown

3. condemn, disapprove

refulgent

(adj.) radiant, gleaming, shining brightly

refulgent setting of a ball

oblivion

(n.) forgetting

sully

(v.)

1. taint, blemish, contaminate

2. dirty, disgrace, dishonor

inexorable

(adj.)

1. inflexible, stubborn (as inexorable lawyer)

2. unyielding, unalterable (as in inexorable truth, inexorable justice)

asunder

(adj.) disconnected, disjoined, apart

petulance

(n.) peevishness (annoyance), irritability, bitterness, cynicism

ponderous

(adj.)

1. slow and clumsy due to great weight, cumbersome, awkward, bulky, burdensome

2. dreary, tedious, labored, monotonous

superfluity

(n.)

1. extravagance, overabundance

2. surplus

beneficent

(adj.) beneficial, altruistic, benevolent, charitable

avowal

(v.) acknowledgement, admission, affirmation

repose

(n.) peace, tranquility, calm

(v.)

1. to lie dead

2. to be peaceful and calm

3. to lie or be at rest (from work, and activity)