AP Literature - Jane Eyre Vocab CHP 1-6

Torpid

adjective, sluggish in functioning or act

Ignominy

noun, deep personal humiliation and disgrace

Consecration

verb, to make or declare sacred

Opprobrium

noun, something that brings disgrace

Consternation

noun, amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

Sanguine

adjective, having temperament marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness

Insuperable

adjective, incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved

Capricious

governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notions

Assiduity

marked by careful, unremitting attention or presistent application

Truculent

feeling or displaying ferocity; aggressively defiant

Penurious

marked by a cramping and oppressive lack of resources

Perfidious

characterized by faithlessness or disloyalty; treacherous

Ameliorated

made better or more tolerable; improved

Soporific

causing or tending to cause sleep or drowsiness

Effaced

eliminated or made indistinct as if by wearing away

Fastidious

very attentive to matters of cleanliness, order, or detail