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Wuthering Heights Vocabulary
Chapters 1-9
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| misanthropist | hater of humankind |
| wuthering | been weathered and warn by storms, harshness |
| soliloquized | talking to one's self |
| penentralium | innermost part of anything |
| morose | sullen, gloomy |
| aversion | to have intense dislike |
| impertinence | irrevelance, insolent |
| actuate | to put into motion |
| physiognomy | to judge humans from facial features |
| prudential | exercising good judgement |
| laconic | concise, terse |
| assiduity | diligence |
| sagacity | sound judgement, wisdom |
| taciturn | untalkative |
| diabolical | wicked, evil, scheming |
| malignity | harmful, intense ill-will |
| ensconcing | hiding in a secret place |
| postern | backdoor or exit |
| miscreants | those who cause trouble |
| virulency | something which is poisonous, deadly |
| copious | abundant |
| obviate | eliminate, render necessary |
| lachrymose | tearful |
| cudgel | clublike weapon |
| confluence | coming together |
| tenacious | stubborn, holding fast |
| lamentable | regretable |
| maxillary | pertaining to the jawbone |
| perusing | survey, examine in detail |
| querulous | complaining |
| impudence | rash, insolent |
| egress | exit |
| impalpable | impossible to grasp |
| indigenous | something that's originating or native to |
| dunnock | sparrow, bird |
| bairns | children |
| recompense | to repay, reward |
| equanimity | calm, composed |
| prognosticate | to predict, foretell |
| ferocity | savage, fierce |
| petulantly | impatient irritation |
| perdition | to loss of soul, damnation |
| sententiously | excessive moralizing |
| injudicious | unwise |
| antipathy | dislike, hatred |
| vociferate | shout |
| munificent | great generosity |
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