Jane Eyre Vocab Quiz 2

assiduous

showing great care

slatternly

untidy or careless in appearance or habits

gloaming

twilight; the dim light just before sunset

penurious

extremely poor or unwilling to spend money; miserly

perfidious

treacherous or disloyal; deliberately betraying someone's trust

approbation

approval

tenacious

persistent and determined; holding firmly to something

belied

gave a false impression of something or contradicted what was actually true

caprice

a sudden unpredictable change of mind or desire; a whim

piquant

pleasantly sharp stimulating or interesting; sometimes slightly provocative

celerity

swiftness

brook

to tolerate or put up with

arrogate

to claim or take something for oneself without having the right to do so

expiating

making amends for wrongdoing or attempting to atone for guilt or sin

charlatan

a fraud who falsely claims to have special knowledge skills or abilities

sardonically

in a mocking cynical or scornfully ironic manner