English 2H Wuthering Heights Vocabulary

  • Abject - (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree

  • Adroitly - in a clever or skillful way

  • Alacrity - brisk and cheerful readiness

  • Appellation - a name or title

  • Avarice - extreme greed for wealth or material gain

  • Belied - contradict; betray

  • Consternation - dismay

  • Dilatory - slow to act

  • Discomfited -make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed

  • Emulated - imitated 

  • Enigmatic - mysterious

  • Equanimity - composure, even temper

  • Expedient - (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral

  • Filial - dutiful

  • Impalpable - unable to be felt by touch

  • Importune - harass (someone) persistently for or to do something

  • Impudent - not showing due respect for another person; impertinent

  • Interdict - forbid

  • Interloper - intruder

  • Laconic - concise

  • Misanthropist - a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

  • Obdurate - stubbornly refusing to change opinion

  • Obtrusive - noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

  • Paragon - person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality 

  • Reproof - an expression of blame or disapproval

  • Reprobate - an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately)

  • Rue - bitterly regret

  • Sagacity - wisdom

  • Sanguine - optimistic

  • Scintillating - sparkling

  • Sotto voce - quiet remark

  • Sundry - various

  • Taciturn - (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

  • Undulating - move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion

  • Virulence - bitter hostility 

  • Vociferate - shout/complain/argue vehemently

  • Waxed - make a recording of