Jane Eyre Words of "celebration"

Abhor

to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Ameliorate

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Anathema

(n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article)

Approbation

(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Assiduous

persistent, attentive, diligent

Captious

(adj.) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

Celerity

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Chilblain

a painful, itching swelling on the skin, typically on a hand or foot, caused by poor circulation in the skin when exposed to cold.

Confabulation

informal talk or discussion

Contumacy

(n.) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

(adj.) contumacious

(syn.) insubordinate

Contumelious

insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating

Debarrass

to disembarrass; disentangle; free

Doleful

sad, mournful

Dun

light gray/brownish color

Enigmatical

difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

Equipage

a carriage drawn by horses and attended by servants

Etiolated

pale and drawn out due to lack of light

Evince

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Execration

to denounce; to hate, to abhor or loathe

Fulminating

express vehement protest

Gander

a look or glance

Halcyon

calm, peaceful

Hebdomadal

Weekly; pertaining to a week or seven-day period.

Ignominy

public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

Impudence

Bold disrespect or rudeness

Inanition

the exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water

Inured

hardened; accustomed; used to

Lachrymose

tearful; sad

Limpid

clear, transparent; readily understood

Lugubrious

looking or sounding sad and dismal

Meed

a deserved share or reward

Mien

a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood

Moiety

a portion or part of something

Neophyte

(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice

Onus

a burden; a responsibility

Opprobrium

(n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

Palliate

to make less serious; ease

Paltry

(adj.) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy

Penurious

penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Perfidious

faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

Piquant

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Poltroon

coward

Preternatural

supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature

Quiescence

stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

Raillery

(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing

Raiment

especially fine or decorative clothing

Remonstrate

(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

Ribaldry

Language or behavior that is humorous in a mildly indecent or vulgar way.

Sagacity

acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment

Sallow

Of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion

Salubrious

promoting health or well-being

Sanguine

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Sere

dry and withered

Slattern

a dirty, untidy woman

Soporific

(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep

Sough

a moaning or sighing sound

Stile

a step or set of steps used to climb over a low wall

Sublunary

belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one

Sumptuously

splendid and expensive-looking

Sundry

Various; miscellaneous

Supercilious

proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

Surtout

a man's overcoat of a style similar to a frock coat.

Sylph

A slender, graceful young woman or girl.

Taciturn

(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Trite

(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale

Truculent

(adj.) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh

Usurious

(adj.) of the character of usury

(syn.) exorbitant, unconscionable, unconscientient, outrageous, steep, extortionate, immoderate

Venerable

accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character