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Wuthering Heights 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Misanthropist | person who hates or distrusts all other people |
| Manifested | revealed |
| Peevish | showing ill humor or impatience surly |
| Stalwart | strong and well-built |
| Slovenly | untidy |
| Morose | gloomy; ill-tempered |
| Vis-a-vis | face to face with |
| Tacit | silent; unspoken |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Sagacity | sound judgment; keen perception |
| Reprobate | an unprincipled person; scoundrel |
| Malignity | intense ill will; great malice |
| Vapid | dull, boring |
| Lachrymose | tearful |
| Tenacious | holding firm |
| Querulous | complaining |
| Orisons | prayers |
| Sotto voce | in an undertone so as not to be overheard |
| Egress | right to go out |
| Impalpable | can't be felt by touching |
| Interloper | intruder |
| Vociferated | shouted vehemently |
| Execration | curses; abusive speech |
| Culpable | blameworthy |
| Dour | sullen, gloomy |
| Equanimity | composure; evenness of temper |
| Doggedly | stubbornly |
| Dissipation | indulgence in pleasure to the point of harming oneself |
| Antipathy | strong dislike |
| Petulant | irritable |
| Imperiously | arrogantly |
| Assiduously | diligently; carefully |
| Consternation | great fear or shock that makes one feel bewildered or helpless |
| Timidity | shyness |
| Vagaries | eccentric or unexpected actions |
| Imprecations | curses |