Jane Eyre Vocabulary

Front 1

lamentable

Back 1

to be regretted or pitied

Front 2

endeavoring

Back 2

make an effort, try hard

Front 3

extremity

Back 3

the very end, last, farthest possible place

Front 4

ceaseless

Back 4

going on all the time, never stopping

Front 5

pining

Back 5

yearning intensely and persisting

Front 6

realms

Back 6

kingdoms

Front 7

sallowness

Back 7

having a sickly yellowish skin color (from being inside too long)

Front 8

antipathy

Back 8

a strong dislike, feeling against

Front 9

equilibrium

Back 9

a state of balance

Front 10

impudence

Back 10

shameless boldness, great rudeness

Front 11

predominated

Back 11

be greater over someone

Front 12

bellowed

Back 12

make a loud roaring noise

Front 13

borne

Back 13

to bring up while supporting

Front 14

sprightly

Back 14

lively, gay

Front 15

trifle

Back 15

a little bit, little importance

Front 16

divest

Back 16

to take away, get rid off

Front 17

ignominy

Back 17

live in an outcast of shame

Front 18

ascertained

Back 18

make sure of, find something out for certain

Front 19

grandeur

Back 19

splendor and impressiveness

Front 20

subsiding

Back 20

become less intense

Front 21

intervals

Back 21

separate times or space

Front 22

riveted

Back 22

held down or in place (attention wise too)

Front 23

gloss

Back 23

shine on a smooth surface, at first glance

Front 24

reviled

Back 24

criticize in an extreme abusive insulting manner

Front 25

moors

Back 25

uncultivated land

Front 26

acrid

Back 26

having an irritatingly strong unpleasant smell or taste

Front 27

consternation

Back 27

feelings of anxiety or dismay
-in consternation

Front 28

heterogeneous

Back 28

diverse in character or content

Front 29

sanguine

Back 29

cheerfully optimistic

Front 30

noxious

Back 30

harmful, poisonous, very unpleasant (refer to gases)

Front 31

complacently

Back 31

smug, self-satisfied, over-confident

Front 32

precocious

Back 32

of a child acting older than their real age

Front 33

forsake

Back 33

abandon

Front 34

drear

Back 34

dull, bleak, lifeless

Front 35

interloper

Back 35

a person becoming involved when they're not wanted

Front 36

uncongenial

Back 36

mean, unsuitable

Front 37

conjecture

Back 37

opinion or conclusion based off of incomplete information, a guess

Front 38

artifice

Back 38

cleverness

Front 39

duplicity

Back 39

not tell the truth, getting out of something

Front 40

propensities

Back 40

a tendency to behave in a certain way