Jane Eyre Vocab Chaps 3-7

Question 0

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks; showing an impudent lack of respect.

Answer 0

Audacious

Question 1

Matching or surpassing (a person or achievement), typically by imitation; imitate; reproduce.

Answer 1

Emulation

Question 2

Hate or loathe-filled curses or swearing.

Answer 2

Execrations

Question 3

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Answer 3

Capricious

Question 4

Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Answer 4

Vehement

Question 5

Robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions.

Answer 5

Hardy

Question 6

Of various kinds; several.

Answer 6

Sundry

Question 7

(of a woman or her appearance) dirty and untidy.

Answer 7

Slatternly

Question 8

Constant or close attention to what one is doing or to someone else.

Answer 8

Assiduity

Question 9

A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class; the right of the sovereign, which in British law is theoretically subject to no restriction.

Answer 9

Prerogatives

Question 10

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Answer 10

Truculent

Question 11

Annoying, awkward, or annoying due to size, weight, or complexity.

Answer 11

Cumbrous

Question 12

An urgent need or demand.

Answer 12

Exigency

Question 13

Extremely poor; poverty-sricken; mean.

Answer 13

Penurious

Question 14

Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided; a part or portion, especially a lesser share.

Answer 14

Moiety

Question 15

Deceitful and untrustworthy.

Answer 15

Perfidious

Question 16

The instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually.

Answer 16

Edification

Question 17

A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of a disease or abnormality; an unattractive or superfluous addition or feature.

Answer 17

Excrescence

Question 18

A substance that flows out of something; the action of flowing out.

Answer 18

Effluence