janey eyre vcvb Flashcards
Execration
The act of cursing or denouncing
Fain
Pleased or Willing
Prerogative
A right of privilege
peremptory
putting an end to something
Edification
Instruction or imporvement of someone intellectually or morally
Imputation
A change or claim that someone has done something wrong
Antipathy
Deep feelings of dislike
Impalpable
Unable to be felt by touch, or not easily comprehended
Ignominy
Public shame or disgrace
Perfidious
Deceitful
Ameliorate
Make something better
Assiduous
Showing great care and perseverance
Palliate
To make a disease or its symptoms less severe without removing the cause
Paroxysm
Sudden attack or violent expression of an emotion
Sardonic
Grimly mocking or cynical
Acrimony
Bitterness or ill feeling
Affable
Friendly,Good natured
Contumacy
Stubborn refusal to comply with law
Repletion
The act of eating to excess
Caprice
A sudden,impulsive, and unmotivated action
Confabulation
To talk informally
raiment
Clothing of the victorian era
Eyrie
Large nest of a bird of prey
Presentiment
Intuitive feeling about the future
Allege
Claim or assert someone has done something
Indolent
Wanting to avoid an activity or to be lazy and slow
Abhor
Regard with disgust and hatred
Ascetic
Person who practices severe discipline typically for a religious purpose
Efface
Erase from a surface
Purloin
To steal something
Malignant
Malevolent, very virulent infection
Salubrious
Healthy producing/ healthy. Vegetables are salubrious
Despotism
To excercise power in a cruel and opressive manner
Dreary
Gloomy or Depressing
Efficacious
Effective in producing a result
Malefactor
Criminal who commits wrong
Malingerer
To pretend to be sick to skip work
Nestled
To like comfortably
Pernicious
Harmful in a subtle way
regenerate
To regrow
Succumb
To surrender to
Vignettes
An eye catching sketch
Cacophonous
Harsh sounding
Complacent
Smug satisfaction with ones achievements
Disreputable
Scandalous
Dissonant
Lacking harmony
Exemplary
Ideal or perfect
Galvanizing
Shock someone into taking action
grating
Irritating
ignoble
dishonorable
Mellifluous
Pleasant to hear
Melodious
pleasant tone
Preposterous
Absurd
Preternatural
extraordinary or not normal
Quintessential
Typical
Repugnant
revolting/distasteful/ unacceptable
Soporific
Sleepy or boring
Valiant
Fearless/ Heroic