Wuthering Heights vocab </3

LOCK INNNN

Admonition

A firm reprimand

Amiable

Friendly and pleasant

Askance

With a suspicious or disapproving look

Assiduous 

Showing great care and thoroughness

Audacity

Bold and daring actions or behavior

Calamity

A sudden event causing great damage or distress

Countenance

A person’s face or facial expressions

Emulate

To try to do as well as or be better than

Enigma

A mysterious or puzzling person or thing

Homily

A talk on a religious subject or moral issue

Incredulous

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Indignant

Feeling or showing offence or annoyance

Insipid

Lacking liveliness or interest; lacking flavor

Insolent

Showing rude or arrogant lack of respect

Intractable

Hard to control or deal with

Lachrymose

Tearful

Lamentable

Deplorably bad circumstances or conditions

Malevolent 

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Miscreant

A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law

Morose

Sullen and bad-tempered

Obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change your mind; hard to deal with

Paroxysm

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

Prudently

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Sagacious

Having good judgement; wise; shrewd

Sanguine

Cheerfully optimistic

Saturnine

Serious and gloomy; dark and serious

Solace

Comfort in a time of difficulty or sadness

Vehement

Showing strong feeling

Vexation

Annoyed or worried

Vigilant

Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties