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Wuthering Heights
AP Vocabulary #1-30
Question | Answer |
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bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth | abyss |
to give in, to comply | acquiesce |
skillful, adept | adroit |
prompt and cheerful response | alacrity |
apart, indifferent | aloof |
friendly, socialble, and congenial; civil and urbane | amiable |
a dislike, distaste, or enmity | antipathy |
a lack of concern or feeling, indifference | apathy |
expressing strong feeling, impassioned, zealous | ardent |
to move upward, to rise from a lower station | ascend |
marked by careful and unremitting attention, constant in application | assiduous |
excessive boldness, rashness, daring | audacity |
strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic | austere |
a creature acting in a mechanical way with no idication of intelligence | automaton |
greed for wealth | avarice |
strong disinclination, disliking | aversion |
to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm | beguile |
to contradict, to give a false impression | belie |
kindness, generosity, charity | benevolence |
to grant or to give | bestow |
capable of floating; cheerful | buoyant |
a serious event causing distress or misfortune | calamity |
changing suddenly, fickle | capricious |
to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior | chasten |
innocent, wholesome, angelic | cherubic |
loud noise or shouting | clamor |
the state of being self-satisfied | complacency |
a yielding; acquiescence | compliance |
a large fire | conflagration |
a coming together | confluence |