Unit 4: Novel Study: Wuthering Heights, Volume 1

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  1. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  2. lavish
    bestow or expend profusely
  3. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  4. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  5. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
  6. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
  7. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  8. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  9. account
    the grounds or reason for
  10. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  11. compel
    force somebody to do something
  12. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  13. venturesome
    disposed to take risks
  14. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  15. pliable
    susceptible to being led or directed
  16. repose
    the absence of mental stress or anxiety
  17. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  18. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  19. physiognomy
    the human face
  20. chastisement
    verbal punishment
  21. alleviation
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  22. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  23. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  24. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  25. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  26. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  27. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  28. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
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