Jayne Eyre 1-12 Flashcards
is to be regretted
Lamentable
sluggish in functioning or act
Torpid
of or indicative of a peevish, ill-natured disposition
Bilious
settled aversion or dislike
Antipathy
contemptuous boldness or disregard of others
Impudence
a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors
Pungent
something of little value, substance, or importance
Trifle
a woman who confers a benefit; especially: one that makes a gift
Benefactress
deep personal humiliation and disgrace
Ignominy
to make or declare sacred
Consecration
disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd, usually with confusion of voices
Tumult
physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Noxious
an often intense natural inclination or preference
Propensity
having temperament marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
Sanguine
one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity
Interloper
to regard with extreme dislike
Abhor
clever or artful skill; also: false or insincere behavior
Artifice
exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
Precocious
to speak with another
Parley
a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language
Cadence
incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved
Insuperable
a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid it
Aversion
contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
Audacious
governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
Capricious
something that brings disgrace
Opprobrium
subjected to verbal abuse
Reviled
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
Consternation
usury: the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates
Usurious
exceeding what is natural or regular
Preternatural
to delay, be idle
Cessation
a dining hall
Refractory
very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
Ravenous
a multitude of assembled persons
Throng
a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
Ewer
marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
Assiduity
feeling or displaying ferocity
Truculent
marked or suffering from a cramping and oppressive lack of resources
Penurious
of grief or anxiety
Solace
the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
Perfidious
to make better or more tolerable
Ameliorated
an invisible emanation; especially: an offensive exhalation or smell
Effluvia
a cause of wide or great affliction
Scourge
intended for display: open to view
Ostensible
causing or tending to cause sleep
Soporific
eliminated or made indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
Effaced
easily taught, led or managed
Docile
not judicious: indiscreet, unwise
Injudicious
very attentive to matters of cleanliness or detail
Fastidious
a step or set of steps for passing over a fence or wall
Stile
