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Eng Wuthering Heights Vocabulary
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10th Grade
09/27/2012

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Countenance n.
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Someone's face, or the expression on it
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Misanthropist n.
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Someone who hates humanity, or dislikes or distrusts other people and tends to avoid them
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Desolation n.
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bar, uninhabited, and deserted
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Surly adj.
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bad-tempered, unfriendly, rude, somewhat threatening
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Tumult n.
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a violent or noisy commotion; a psychological or emotional upheavel or agitation
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provincial adj.
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unsophisticated and unwilling to accept new ideas or ways of thinking
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repose n.
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a condition of peacefulness and tranquility
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Morose adj.
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having a withdrawn, gloomy personality
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Impertinence n.
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insolence; unmannerly intrusion or presumption
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Tacit adj.
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understood or implied without being stated openly
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Vexatious adj.
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provoking irritation or anxiety by causing trouble
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Laconic adj.
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using very few words
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Churlish adj.
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characteristic of someone with bad manners
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Vehemently adv.
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expressed with or showing intense feeling
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Deign v.
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to do something in a way that shows that it is considered a great favor
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Obsure adj.
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difficult to understand because of not being fully or clearly expressed ; not able to be seen or heard distinctly

 

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Amiable adj.
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friendly and pleasant to be with
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Evince v.
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to show a feeling or a quality clearly
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miser n.
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someone who hates spending money and lives as though he or she were poor
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Sagacity n.
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profound knowledge and understanding, coupled with foresight and good judgement
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haughty adj.
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behaving in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way
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assiduity
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great care and attention in doing something
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austere
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grimly unsmiling, humorless, or suggesting strict self denial
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disparity
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lack of equality between people or things
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Diabolical
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connected with the devil or devil worship; evil
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Surmise
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to conclude that something is the case on the basis of only limited evidence or intuitive feeling
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Eloquence
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the ability to speak forcefully, expressively, and persuasively
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malignity
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intense hatred and a strong desire to do harm
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virulency
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the quality of being bitter, malicious, or hostile; the quality of being extremely poisonous, infectious, or damaging
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condole
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to express sympathy to someone who is experiencing grief, loss, pain, especially over a death
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obviate
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to anticipate and then to avoid something
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vapid
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lacking interest or liveliness; lacking strength, taste, or flavor
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tome
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a book, especially large, heavy book on a serious subject
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caricature
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a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates someone's or something's characteristics for humorous or satirical effect
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lachrymose
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crying or tending to cry easily and often
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flounder
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to act in a way that shows confusion or a lack of purpose
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Reproach
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to address someone in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment
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transgression
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the committing of acts that violate a law, command, or moral code
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visage
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someone's face or facial expression
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martyr
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someone who chooses to die rather than deny a strongly held belief, especially a religious belief
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Ascribe
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to believe or say that something was caused by a particular thing
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discern
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to see or notice something that is not very clear or obvious
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Obsurely
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in a way that is not clear, definite, or easy to understand
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doleful
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sad and mournful
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