Jane Eyre vocab 11-18

exult

feel extreme happiness or elation

vapid

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

repartee

adroitness and cleverness in reply

palliate

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

neophyte

a participant with no experience with an activity

arrogate

seize and take control without authority

sardonic

disdainfully or ironically humorous

assuage

provide physical relief, as if from pain

lugubrious

excessively mournful

ineffable

defying expression or description

saturnine

bitter or scornful

poignant

arousing powerful emotions, especially pity or sadness

extirpate

to pull up as if by the roots

halcyon

idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility

insipid

lacking taste or flavor or tang