Jane Eyre Vocab and Parts of Speech

Antipathy

Antipathy

Noun, settled aversion or dislike.

Preternatural

Adjective, exceeding what is natural or regular.

Reviled

Transitive verb, subjected to verbal abuse.

Propensity

Noun, an often intense natural inclination or preference.

Abhor

Transitive verb, to regard with extreme dislike.

Cadence

Noun, a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language.

Aversion

Noun, a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid it.

Audacious

Adjective, contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum.

Capricious

Adjective, governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action.

Ravenous

Adjective, very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification.

Ameliorated

transitive verb, to make better or more tolerable

Soporific

Adjective, causing or tending to cause sleep.

Conjecture

Verb, to arrive at or deduce by conjecture:guess.

Gregarious

Adjective, fond of company, sociable.

Lugubrious

Adjective, exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful.

Anathema

Noun, something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Traverse

Verb, to go or travel across or over.

Impetuous

Adjective, marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.

Augment

Verb, to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense.

Acumen

Noun, keenness of perception or discrimination, especially in practical matters.

Automaton

Noun, an individual who acts in a mechanical fashion.

Talisman

Noun, an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune.

Impediment

Noun, something that impedes; especially an organic obstruction to speech.

Impetus

Noun, a driving force:impulse.

Avaricious

Adjective, greedy; excessively acquisitive in seeking to hoard riches.

Emaciated

Adjective, abnormally thin or weak; especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Quiescent

Adjective, marked by inactivity or repose:tranquilly at rest.

Elysium

Noun, the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology.

Ebullition

Noun, a sudden violent outburst or display.

Coadjutor

Noun, one who works together with another.

Superfluity

Noun, excess, oversupply.

Veneration

Noun, respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, or talent of a person.

Diffidence

Noun, state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence.

Pretensions

Noun, an allegation of doubtful value, an intention or hope that may or may not reach fulfillment.

Blighted

Adjective, in a badly damaged condition, defeated or frustrated.

Melancholy

Noun, a depression of spirits, pensive, sad.

Pertinaciously

Adjective, adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; being persistent.

Indefatigable

adjective, incapable of being tired, untiring