Jane Eyre Vocab

• Torpid


  Sluggish in functioning or act
• Bilious


  Of or indicative of a peevish, ill-natured disposition
• Impudence


  A state of being marked by contemptuous boldness or disregard of others
• Opprobrium


  Something that brings disgrace
• Reviled


  Subjected to verbal abuse
• Consternation


  Amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
• Tumult


  Disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd, usually with confusion of voices
• Noxious


  Physically harmful or destructive to living beings
• Propensity


  An often intense natural inclination or preference
• Sanguine


  Having temperament marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
• Precocious


  Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
• Insuperable


  Incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved
• Capricious


  Governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
• Usurious


  Practicing usury: the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates
• Preternatural


  Exceeding what is natural or regular
• Cessation


  To delay, be idle
• Refectory


  A dining hall
• Ravenous


  Very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
• Throng


  A multitude of assembled persons
• Ewer


  A vase-shaped pitcher or jug
• Truculent


  Feeling or displaying ferocity
• Penurious


  Marked or suffering from a cramping and oppressive lack of resources
• Perfidious


  The quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
• Ostensible


  Intended for display: open to view
• Soporific


  Causing or tending to cause sleep
• Salubrious


  Favorable to or promoting health or well-being