Vol 2, Ch III

Question 1

Effectual

Answer 1

Effectual emphasizes the potential to achieve a goal,

(while effective confirms the successful achievement of outcomes)

Question 2

Stanchion

Answer 2

1: an upright bar, post, or support (as for a roof or a ship’s deck)
2: a device that fits loosely around the neck of an animal (such as a cow) and limits forward and backward motion (as in a stall)

Question 3

Orison

Answer 3

Prayer

Question 4

Odious

Answer 4

(adj) arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful

Question 5

“I’d be glad of a retaliation that wouldn’t recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to then worse than their enemies.”

Answer 5

Ellen told Earnshaw who wanted to seek revenge on Heathcliff after Catherine’s death.

Question 6

Blight

“…his black countenance looked blightingly through.”

Answer 6

something that frustrates plans or hopes, or destroys

Question 8

Preterhuman

He exerted ~ self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely…

Answer 8

Beyond human

Question 9

Desist

Answer 9

To cease to proceed or act.

Question 10

Malefactor

Answer 10

(n) 1: one who commits an offense against the law
especially : felon
//He favors harsh punishment for chronic malefactors.
2: one who does ill toward another

Question 11

Succour

Answer 11

Relief (n or v)

Question 12

Presentiment

Answer 12

a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition

Question 13

Inveterate

~enemy

Answer 13

Adj
1: confirmed in a habit : habitual
//an inveterate liar
2: firmly established by long persistence
//the inveterate tendency to overlook the obvious