Jane Eyre Vocab Chaps 15-19

Question 0

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity; sudden recurrence or attack of a disease.

Answer 0

Paroxysm

Question 1

Moving with a smooth wavelike motion.

Answer 1

Undulating

Question 2

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Answer 2

Lugubrious

Question 3

Engagement in conversation; talking

Answer 3

Confabulation

Question 4

Stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially a court order or summons.

Answer 4

Contumacy

Question 5

Cursed; condemned.

Answer 5

Anathematized

Question 6

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress.

Answer 6

Portentous

Question 7

Tearful or given to weeping.

Answer 7

Lachrymose

Question 8

Mention (a number of things) one by one; establish the number of.

Answer 8

Enumeration

Question 9

A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or priniple.

Answer 9

Dictum

Question 10

(of behavior) scornful and insulting.

Answer 10

Contumelious

Question 11

Bitterness or ill feeling.

Answer 11

Acrimony

Question 12

Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity; of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute.

Answer 12

Meretricious

Question 13

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Answer 13

Supercilious

Question 14

The trait of being reserved or reticent in conversation; uncommunicative.

Answer 14

Taciturnity

Question 15

Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

Answer 15

Propitious