Jane Eyre Vocab

VOCABULARY – JANE EYRE

Chapter One

Word: fervently “I wished fervently he might not discover my hiding place.

Definition: with passion

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: inscribed “an inscribed headstone”

Definition: to carve something

Part Of Speech: verb

Word: vignettes “with the succeeding vignettes”

Definition: to portray something

Part Of Speech: verb

Word: ceaseless “ceaseless rain”

Definition: constant or non stopping

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: virulent “virulent passions”

Definition: disease or pain

Part Of Speech: adjective

Chapter Two

Word: dispensed “she has dispensed from joining the group”

Definition: to provide

Part Of Speech: verb

Word: parley “without farther parley”

Definition: a conference between opposite people

Part Of Speech: noun

Word: sanguine “had I been a sanguine color…”

Definition: adjective

Part Of Speech: a blood red color

Word: thwarted “no one thwarted”

Definition: another word for prevented

Part Of Speech: verb

Word: dense “dense ignorance”

Definition: close compacted in/ during substance

Part Of Speech: adjective

Chapter Three

Word: infantine “infantine by Fawkes”

Definition: occurs among children

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: genteel “to be exceedingly genteel”

Definition: to be polite

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: forlornness “compassionate he’s forlornness”

Definition: sadness for being mistaken

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: degradation “synonymous with degradation”

Definition: process of degrading

Part Of Speech: noun

Word: meager “to frame a meager”

Definition: deficient in extent

Part Of Speech: adjective

Chapter Four

Word: insurable “insurable and rooted aversion”

Definition: impossible to overcome

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: venturesome “what makes you so venturesome?”

Definition: willing to take risks or try new things

Part Of Speech: adjective

Word: subsided “pleasure subsided in me”

Definition: to become less violent...