Wuthering Heights Flashcards
Abject: (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
Adroitly: in a clever or skillful way.
Alacrity: brisk and cheerful readiness.
Appellation: an identifying name or title
Audacity: being bold or having an arrogant disregard of normal restraints
Avarice: extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Belie: fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict.
Chide: to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
Churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
Copious: abundant in supply or quantity.
Destitute: without the basic necessities of life.
Diabolical: disgracefully bad or unpleasant.
Dilatory: tending or intended to cause delay
Discern: perceive or recognize (something).
Discomfit: make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
Dissipation: wasteful spending or overindulgence in pleasures.
Dispel: make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
Dissent: disagreement with a prevailing opinion, policy, or decision.
Doleful: expressing sorrow; mournful.
Emulate: to strive to equal or excel
Enigmatic: difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
Equanimity: evenness of mind especially under stress
Expedient: convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.
Filial: of or due from a son or daughter.
Guffaw: a loud and boisterous laugh.
Impalpable: unable to be felt by touch.
Importune: harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.
Interdict: an authoritative prohibition.
Interloper: a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.
Laconic: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
Languid: displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
Malignant: having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Misanthropist: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
Miscreants: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
Moroseness: the quality of being unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile
Odious: extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
Obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
Obscure: not discovered or known about; uncertain.
Obtrusive: noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.
Paragon: a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
Pathos: a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
Peevish: easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.
Reproof: an expression of blame or disapproval.
Reprobate: an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).
Reproach: address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.
Retaliate: make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
Rue: bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen).
Sagacious: having keen mental discernment and good judgment; to be shrewd.
Sanguine: optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
Scintillating: sparkling or shining brightly.
Sotto voce: in a quiet voice, as if not to be overheard.
Stagnate: cease developing; become inactive or dull.
Soliloquize: speak one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
Sundry: including many things of different kinds
Surly: menacing or threatening in appearance
Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Tenure: the holding of an office.
Undulating: having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline.
Usurp: take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force.
Vanquish: to overcome in battle: subdue completely
Vapid: lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit
Vehemence: the display of strong feeling; passion.
Vindictive: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
Virulence: the severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison.
Vociferate: shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently.