Wuthering Heights Vocab Flashcards
Define Prognostic.
Predicting a disease
Define dour.
Strict
Define askance.
Attitude/look of disapproval
Define vagaries.
Change in situation/behavior
Define Perdition.
Eternal punishment
Define sententiously.
Given to
Define expostulations.
Expression of protest
Defiant convalescent.
Recovering from illness or operation
Define caprices.
A sudden and unaccountable change of mood/behavior
Define munificent.
Larger or more generous than is usual
Define dilatory.
Slow to act
Define phalanx.
Buddy of troops police officers
Define droll.
Curious
Define fastidiousness.
Hard to please
Define degradation.
Condition or process of losing self respect
Define presentiment.
A feeling about the future
Define abjured.
Belief, cause
Define reciprocation.
Making return for something
Define peremptorily.
Putting an end to a right of action/debate
Define impertinent.
Not showing proper respect
Define emphatically.
In a forceful way
Define mawkish.
Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
Define propitiate.
Win or regain the favor (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them
Define impudence.
Not showing respect for another person
Define presumptuous.
Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted of appropriate
Define insolent.
Rude and lack of respect
Define approbation.
Approval
Define intractable.
Hard to control or deal with
Define ignominious.
Deserving/causing disgrace or shame
Define derision.
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Define glowered.
Having an angry face
Define vouchsafed.
give or grant
Define obviate.
Remove
Define despondency.
State of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage
Define sanguine.
Positive
Define recompense.
Make amends to someone for loss
Define smote.
Strike with a firm blow
Define haggardness.
Wild in appearance
Define paroxysm.
Sudden attack
Define countenance.
Persons face
Define lethargy.
Lack of energy
Define compunction.
Feeling of guilt
Define stolidly.
Having or expressing little or no sensibility
Define adjuration.
solemn oath
Define festoons
Chain or garland of flowers hung as decoration
Define proxy.
Authority to represent someone else
Define ardent.
Passionate
Define wan.
Pale giving impression of illness
Define importuned.
Asking persistently for/ to do something
Define alacrity.
Cheerful readiness
Define iteration.
Repetition of a process or utterance
Define dree.
Endure (something painful)
