Wuthering Heights Chapter 10

Pamela S. (United States of America)
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  1. dog in the manger
    someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
    'You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!'
  2. pertness
    quality of being lively and confident
    He many a time spoke sternly to me about my pertness; and averred that the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pang than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed.
  3. whinstone
    any of various hard colored rocks
    Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation; an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone.
  4. reciprocation
    alternating back-and-forth movement
    He would have recoiled still more had he been aware that her attachment rose unsolicited, and was bestowed where it awakened no reciprocation of sentiment; for the minute he discovered its existence he laid the blame on Heathcliff's deliberate designing.
  5. self-complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
    In this self-complacent conviction she departed; and the success of her fulfilled resolution was obvious on the morrow: Mr. Linton had not only abjured his peevishness (though his spirits seemed still subdued by Catherine's exuberance of vivacity), but he ventured no objection to her taking Isabella with her to Wuthering Heights in the afternoon; and she rewarded him with such a summer of sweetness and affection in return as made the house a paradise for several days; both master and ...
  6. pettish
    easily irritated or annoyed
    Edgar is sulky, because I'm glad of a thing that does not interest him: he refuses to open his mouth, except to utter pettish, silly speeches; and he affirmed I was cruel and selfish for wishing to talk when he was so sick and sleepy.
  7. norther
    a wind that blows from the north
    He's noan feared o' t' bench o' judges, norther Paul, nur Peter, nur John, nur Matthew, nor noan on 'em, not he!
  8. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
    You'd hear of odd things if I lived alone with that mawkish, waxen face: the most ordinary would be painting on its white the colours of the rainbow, and turning the blue eyes black, every day or two: they detestably resemble Linton's.'
  9. sough
    make a murmuring sound
    They sat together in a window whose lattice lay back against the wall, and displayed, beyond the garden trees, and the wild green park, the valley of Gimmerton, with a long line of mist winding nearly to its top (for very soon after you pass the chapel, as you may have noticed, the sough that runs from the marshes joins a beck which follows the bend of the glen).
  10. fondle
    touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
    'How can you say I am harsh, you naughty fondling?' cried the mistress, amazed at the unreasonable assertion.
  11. fondling
    affectionate play
    'How can you say I am harsh, you naughty fondling?' cried the mistress, amazed at the unreasonable assertion.
  12. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    In this self-complacent conviction she departed; and the success of her fulfilled resolution was obvious on the morrow: Mr. Linton had not only abjured his peevishness (though his spirits seemed still subdued by Catherine's exuberance of vivacity), but he ventured no objection to her taking Isabella with her to Wuthering Heights in the afternoon; and she rewarded him with such a summer of sweetness and affection in return as made the house a paradise for several days; both master and ...
  13. dilatory
    wasting time
    Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
  14. alleviation
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
    It was kindness for him which induced me to bear it alone: had I expressed the agony I frequently felt, he would have been taught to long for its alleviation as ardently as I. However, it's over, and I'll take no revenge on his folly; I can afford to suffer anything hereafter!
  15. petulance
    an irritable feeling
    If that creature knew how bitter, he'd be ashamed to cloud its removal with idle petulance.
  16. furze
    very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
    Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation; an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone.
  17. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
    And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
  18. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    'She has been dying for your sake several weeks, and raving about you this morning, and pouring forth a deluge of abuse, because I represented your failings in a plain light, for the purpose of mitigating her adoration.
  19. peremptorily
    in an imperative and commanding manner
    But one day, when she had been peculiarly wayward, rejecting her breakfast, complaining that the servants did not do what she told them; that the mistress would allow her to be nothing in the house, and Edgar neglected her; that she had caught a cold with the doors being left open, and we let the parlour fire go out on purpose to vex her, with a hundred yet more frivolous accusations, Mrs. Linton peremptorily insisted that she should get to bed; and, having scolded her heartily, threa...
  20. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
    Keep your fingers from that bitter phalanx of vials.
  21. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
    He many a time spoke sternly to me about my pertness; and averred that the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pang than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed.
  22. ardently
    in an ardent manner
    It was kindness for him which induced me to bear it alone: had I expressed the agony I frequently felt, he would have been taught to long for its alleviation as ardently as I. However, it's over, and I'll take no revenge on his folly; I can afford to suffer anything hereafter!
  23. divest
    take away possessions from someone
    A half- civilised ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued; and his manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though stern for grace.
  24. feigned
    not genuine
    No, no, Isabella, you sha'n't run off,' she continued, arresting, with feigned playfulness, the confounded girl, who had risen indignantly.
  25. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
    Catherine had seasons of gloom and silence now and then: they were respected with sympathising silence by her husband, who ascribed them to an alteration in her constitution, produced by her perilous illness; as she was never subject to depression of spirits before.
  26. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
    I know he couldn't love a Linton; and yet he'd be quite capable of marrying your fortune and expectations: avarice is growing with him a besetting sin.
  27. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
    'It was no hint that your company was superfluous?
  28. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
    No, no, Isabella, you sha'n't run off,' she continued, arresting, with feigned playfulness, the confounded girl, who had risen indignantly.
Created on Mon Sep 13 14:17:28 EDT 2010

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