Wuthering Heights Unit 3 vocab

Question 1

propitiate

Answer 1

win or regain the good will of; appease; pacify

Question 2

impudence

Answer 2

shameful boldness; disrespect

Question 3

intractable

Answer 3

hard to manage; unruly; stubborn

Question 4

ignominious

Answer 4

humiliating; degrading

Question 5

derision

Answer 5

contempt; ridicule

Question 6

stolidity

Answer 6

lack of emotion or sensitivity; impassivity

Question 7

compunction

Answer 7

sharp feeling of uneasiness caused by a sensed of guilt; remorse

Question 8

peremptorily

Answer 8

in an overbearing manner, arrogant manner

Question 9

paroxysm

Answer 9

sudden outburst; fit, spasm

Question 10

kirk

Answer 10

church

Question 11

sanguine

Answer 11

confident; optimistic

Question 12

obviate

Answer 12

do away with; prevent

Question 13

slattern

Answer 13

woman careless and sloppy habits and appearance

Question 14

importuned

Answer 14

urged repeatedly; asked for urgently

Question 15

alacrity

Answer 15

eager willingness

Question 16

perspicacity

Answer 16

keen judgement; shrewdness

Question 17

abject

Answer 17

miserable; wretched, of the lowest degree

Question 18

iteration

Answer 18

repetition

Question 19

heterodox

Answer 19

departing from usual beliefs; unorthodox

Question 20

allayed

Answer 20

relieve; lessened

Question 21

usurped

Answer 21

took or assumed, by force or without right

Question 22

recapitulation

Answer 22

brief repetition; summary

Question 23

inveterate

Answer 23

of long standing; established over along period

Question 24

wisht

Answer 24

hush; shush

Question 25

innuendos

Answer 25

indirect remarks, usually implying something derogatory; insinuations