Jane Eyre Chapter 1-10 (Volume I) Vocabulary

  1. Abruptly: Suddenly; without courtesy, unexpectedly

  2. Amenities: Attractive or comfortable features

  3. Apparition: An unreal figure; a ghost

  4. Aversion: Strong disinclination, disliking

  5. Burnish: To polish

  6. Cognizant: Aware; having knowledge of something

  7. Consecrate: To make something sacred or holy

  8. Desist: To cease; to stop

  9. Despot: Ruler with absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way

  10. Effigy: A likeness or image

  11. Elysium: Utopia, a place or condition of perfect happiness

  12. Eradicate: To pull up or tear up; to eliminate or destroy completely

  13. Feign: To pretend to be affected by

  14. Genial: Having a pleasant demeanor or mild

  15. Impediment: Obstacle, a hindrance or obstruction in doing something

  16. Indefatigable: Not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

  17. Inquisitive: Extremely curious, asks a lot of questions

  18. Neophyte: A recent convert to a belief or a beginner/novice

  19. Placid: Calm; complacent, not easily upset or excited

  20. Ravenous: Excessively hungry

  21. Sardonic: Cold, grimly mocking or cynical

  22. Sequester: To cause to withdraw into seclusion; to remove or set apart; segregate

  23. Solace: Relief from grief or anxiety

  24. Taciturn: Habitually untalkative, saying little

  25. Trepidation: Fear, nervous apprehension