Jane Eyre vocab- 2

Question 1

deferential

Answer 1

respectful

Question 2

procrastinated

Answer 2

delay

Question 3

acumen

Answer 3

keen insight

Question 4

magnanimity

Answer 4

generous in forgiving an insult or injury

Question 5

scrupulous

Answer 5

having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right

Question 6

tenacious

Answer 6

keeping a firm hold

Question 7

profligate

Answer 7

immoral

Question 8

ludicrous

Answer 8

causing laughter because of absurdity

Question 9

ingenuous

Answer 9

free from reserve or restraint

Question 10

furtively

Answer 10

taken, done, used

Question 11

deprecation

Answer 11

to express earnest disapproval of

Question 12

odious

Answer 12

deserving or causing hatred

Question 13

iteration

Answer 13

repetition

Question 14

insatiable

Answer 14

incapable of being satisfied

Question 15

enervate

Answer 15

to deprive of force or strength

Question 16

diffident

Answer 16

lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, fitness

Question 17

plebian

Answer 17

common people

Question 18

equivocal

Answer 18

allowing the possibility of several different meanings

Question 19

lachrymose

Answer 19

tending to cause tears, mournful

Question 20

fractious

Answer 20

hard or impossible to manage

Question 21

propitiate

Answer 21

to bring to state of peace

Question 22

expostulate

Answer 22

to say or plead in protest, objection

Question 23

quiescent

Answer 23

being at rest, quiet, still

Question 24

inexorable

Answer 24

unbending, severe

Question 25

superciliousness

Answer 25

snobbishly scornful