Wuthering Heights Vocab

Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion

Bemused

Deeply absorbed in thought

Caprice

A sudden desire

Dilatory

Wasting time

Dirge

A funeral song; lament

Elysium

A place of ideal happiness

Entreat

To ask for earnestly; to request

Evince

To give expression to

Idiosyncrasy

A trait peculiar to an individual

Impertinence

Disrespectfulness; rudeness

Insouciant

Marked by unconcern; carefree

Intimation

An indirect suggestion

Laconic

Brief and to the point

Lamentable

Bad; unfortunate

Lurid

Shockingly gruesome; revolting

Mawkish

Effusively; insincerely emotional

Mirth

Amusement; especially expressed as laughter

Paragon

A perfect embodiment of a concept

Perspicacity

Intelligence; astuteness

Reprobate

A person without moral scruple

Rue

To feel sorry for; to be contrite

Sanguine

Confidently optimistic or cheerful

Stealth

A secret or furtive action

Sundry

Consisting of an assortment

Tacit

Implied or inferred from actions or statements

Tempest

A violent storm

Unequivocal

Clear; having only one meaning

Vapid

Lacking significance or spirit

Vexatious

Causing irritation or annoyance

Virulent

Bitterly hostile