Jane Eyre Flashcards
Timorous
Shy
Lacking Confidence
Faint-hearted
Carping
Very hard to please
Critical
Bigotry
Bias/fixed on certain prejudices
Stubborn attachment to a certain belief
Retrospective
Looking back
Opprobrium
Public disgrace after false conduct
Harsh criticism
Consternation
Feeling filled with anxiety, usually when something unexpected happens
Shock
Tumult
Loud noise (usually caused by a crowd of people) Racket
Insurrection
Revolt against authority/gov.
Violent revolution
Elicit
evoke something from someone
draw forth something
Precocious
When a child develops certain abilities that are expected to arise at an older aged
advanced
Capricious
unpredictable
sudden changes of mood/behaviour in a person
Deceit
Deceiving someone by concealing/misinterpreting the truth
Making someone believe that something is true when it’s not
Vengeance
Revenge
Conscientiousness
Striving to do your work well and thoroughly
Prerogatives
Certain rights that are only for the middle class privilege
Ominous
being/exhibiting an omen
foreshadowing evil
Pathos
attempt to sway audience emotionally
Ethos
establishing your authority when speaking on a subject
Logos
Logical arguments
Ardently
Enthusiastically
Passionately
Sovereign
a ruler/possessing supreme power
Feeble
weak
Ostensible
when something appears to be true but isn’t necessarily
Soporific
induces drowsiness/sleep
Antipathy
Animosity
Hostility
Enigma
puzzle
conundrum
(she was an enigma to him)
Indifference
lack of interest/sympathy
mediocrity
Malevolent
Evil-minded
Malicious