Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Wuthering Heights Vocabulary

misanthropist: A person who dislikes and avoids people/ Arlin Cord is often a misanthropist.

soliloquize: To talk to yourself even though there are others present/ I am often scolded for my soliloquizes.

sundry: Diverse or full of variety/ A zoo does well to be sundry.  

impertinence: Rude or insolent/ Villains do better to be well developed and interesting rather than depending on impertinence.

tacit: To be understood even though unstated/ A threat is most persuasive when tacit.

physiognomy: To attempt to determine a personality based on facial features/  

dispatch: To send out/ The letters where quickly dispatched.

prudential: Practical or prudent/ Though stunning my plans aren't often prudential.

laconic: Quiet or using few words/ Laconic characters often come of as passive to me.

churlish: Rude or difficult/

assiduity: Persistent or diligent/

sagacity: Sane or having a sound mind/

taciturn: Quiet or reluctant to speak/

miscreants: ruffians or trouble makers/ My friends and I are often mislabeled as miscreants.

vapid: lifeless or unexciting/ I can hardly be described as vapid.

asseverate: To support or encourage/ It's not often that I asseverate someone.

lachrymose: Sad or mournful/

querulous: Complaining/

vindictive: Vengeful or seeking revenge/

curate: To maintain and provide care for/ A museum requires someone to curate it.

vociferate: To cry out loudly or to shout/

culpable: Guilty or deserving of blame/ Those who are culpable hardly ever thinks themselves so.

execrations: To execrate/ In case of emergency substitute one cup owl pellets for two cups snail execrations.

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