wuthering heights ch.1

Misanthropist

Strong dislike for “human kind”

Desolation

Emptiness

What does the phrase,”go the deuce” mean

Old fashioned way of saying “go to the devil”, used to express annoyance

Soliloquy

To say something out loud regardless if anyone can hear or listening

Peevish

Easily irritated especially by unimportant things

Sullenly

Action done in a gloomy, ill-humored, or resentful way

Conjectured

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Pious

Making a hypocritical, display of virtue, devotedly religious

Advent

The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

What does the term “dwelling” represent

Place

Provincial

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire

Tumult

A loud, confused noise, especially caused by a large mass of people

What are “alms”

Money/food given to poor people

Penetralium

Innermost, secret, or hidden parts of something, often a building or place

Pre-eminently

Above all; in particular

Interspersed

Scatter among or between other things; place here and there

Under drawn

Preliminary sketch for a painting or a lining of a structure w/ plasterboard

Gaudily

Adverbs to describe something done in a showy, tastelessly bright, or vulgar way

Latter

Situated or occurring nearer to the end of something then to the beginning

Countenance

A persons face or facial expression

Slovenly

(Especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty

Stalwart

Physically strong, brave, steadfast, and uncompromising

Impertinence

Unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. Irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity

What does the phrase “vis-á-vis” mean

Face to face, opposite, in relation to, compared w, w/ regard to

Tacit

Understood or implied without being stated

Physiognomy

A persons facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin

Interpose

Place/insert between one thing and another; intervene between parties

Hastened

Be quick to do something; move or travel hurriedly

Vexatious

Causing vexation; troublesome, annoying

Phlegm

Sluggishness, indifference, apathy

Hearth

The floor of a fireplace; usually stone, brick

Tempest

A violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult

Inhabitant

A person/animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident

Signet

A small seal for official documents, contracts