jane eyre words

Antipathy

Aversion, a feeling against something or someone, hostility; that which is contrary in nature.

Ostensible

Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so--outward, professed.

Ignominy

Public shame or disgrace.

Preternatural

Solicitude

An attitude expressing excessive attentiveness; anxiety or concern.

Physiognomy

Analysis of character via facial expressions.

Neophyte

Beginner, novice; someone new to an experience.

Lugubrious

Looking or sounding sad, mournful, gloomy.

Enigmatical

Not clearly understood; puzzling, hard to comprehend.

Acumen

Keen insight; shrewdness.

Despotic

Tyrannical, typical of a ruler with absolute power that rules oppressively.

Presentiment

An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding.

Tempests

Violent storms or uproars.

Reverie

A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; daydreaming.

Ascendancy

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.