Wuthering Heights Unit 2 vocab

Question 1

Antipathy

Answer 1

strong dislike

Question 2

avarice

Answer 2

greed for riches

Question 3

averred

Answer 3

declared to be true

Question 4

catechism

Answer 4

formal series of questions

Question 5

consternation

Answer 5

Great fear or shock that makes one feel bewildered or helpless

Question 6

consumption

Answer 6

disease that causes a wasting away of the body, specifically tuberculosis of the lungs

Question 7

covetousness

Answer 7

greed

Question 8

culpable

Answer 8

blameworthy

Question 9

dilatory

Answer 9

slow; inclined to delay

Question 10

doggedly

Answer 10

stubbornly

Question 11

dour

Answer 11

in a sullen or gloomy manner

Question 12

equanimity

Answer 12

composure; evenness of temper

Question 13

evincing

Answer 13

indicating; showing plainly

Question 14

execrations

Answer 14

curses

Question 15

expostulating

Answer 15

arguing or objecting to another’s actions or views

Question 16

fastidiousness

Answer 16

tendency to be refined in a too dainty or oversensitive way, so as to be easily disgusted

Question 17

hector

Answer 17

bully

Question 18

imperiously

Answer 18

in an overbearing manner; arrogantly

Question 19

injudicious

Answer 19

showing poor judgment

Question 20

mawkish

Answer 20

sentimental In a weak, dull way

Question 21

mitigating

Answer 21

making milder; moderating

Question 22

munificent

Answer 22

very generous; lavish

Question 23

negus

Answer 23

beverage of hot water, wine, lemon juice, sweetener, and spices

Question 24

petulantly

Answer 24

irritably

Question 25

presentiment

Answer 25

feeling that something unfortunate is about to occur; foreboding