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Wuthering Heights
AP Vocabulary #1-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |