Wuthering Heights Unit 4 vocav Flashcards
incipient
just beginning
cogitation
meditations; serious thoughts
ague
fit of shivering; fever
puling
whimpering; whining
accede
agree to; give in
salubrious
healthful; wholesome
contrariety
disagreement
incorporeal
without material body of substance
diurnal
daily
credulity
tendency to believe too readily; lack of doubt
elysium
complete happiness; paradise
odious
disgusting; hateful
interdict
prohibition
enigmatical
baffling; perplexing
attenuated
thin and weak
supplications
earnest requests; prayer
adroitly
cleverly; expertly
emulous
desiring to equal
appropiate
take for one’s own use, especially without permission
saturnine
gloomy and silent
indolence
laziness; idleness
obdurate
hardhearted; stubborn
sidled
moved sideways
admonition
warning to correct a fault