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Soliloquized - Page 1 - Quote: ""The Lord help us!" He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure" - Definition: talked to ones self. - Modern Day Use: http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article//he-locked-me-in-his-house-for-love-sake
Peevish - Page 1 - Quote: ""The Lord help us!" He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure" - Definition: marked by ill temper - Modern Day Use: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2711.html
Vexatious - Page 4 - Quote: "Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm" - Definition: intended to harass - Modern Day Use: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2323.52
Vehemently - Page 6 - Quote: "So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently." - Definition: showing strong and often angry feelings : very emotional - Modern Day Use - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/nym/mets-ike-davis-vehemently-disputes-playing-with-injury?ymd=20140224&content_id=68259992
Reprobate - Page 11 - Quote: ""No, reprobate! You are a castaway-be off, or I'll hurt you seriously!" - Definition: to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil. - Modern Day Use: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/61877
Dilapidation - Page 14 - Quote: "Catherine's library was select, and it's state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used;" - Definition: a condition of decay or partial ruin. - Modern Day Use: http://www.rics.org/us/join/member-accreditations-list/dispute-resolution-service/dilapidation-disputes/
Lachrymose - Page 16 - Quote: "I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject; she waxed lachrymose." - Definition: tending to cause tears. - Modern Day Use: http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-MBB-12014
Palaver - Page 15 - Quote: "like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour-foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of" - Definition: talk that is not important or meaningful. - Modern Day Use: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pxom292XW_g
Vagabond - Page 16 - Quote: "Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us anymore; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the use if we break our orders" - Definition: moving so from place to place without a fixed home : wondering. - Modern Day Use: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtGuKy27qk
Poignant - Page 50 - Quote - "He struggled long to keep up an equality with Catherine in her studies, and yielded with poignant though silent regret" - Definition - causing a strong feeling of sadness - Modern Day Use - http://www.upworthy.com/that-girl-from-the-hunger-games-is-asked-a-poignant-question-and-i-love-her-ans
Ignoble - Page 50 - Quote - "He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look" - Definition - of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes. - Modern Day Use - http://www.michaelshermer.com/2003/08/the-ignoble-savage/
Winsome - Page 57 - Quote - "kneeling down by me and lifting her winsome eyes to my face" - Definition - attractive or appealing in appearance or character - Modern Day Use - http://thatwinsomegirl.blogspot.com
Expostulations - Page 62 - Quote - "where, heedless of my expostulations and the growling thunder" - Definition - express strong disapproval or disagreement - Modern Day Use - https://archive.org/details/seasonableexpost00counuoft
Hillock - Page 158 - Quote - "climb to that hillock" - definition - a small hill or mound - Modern Day Use - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAFs-Hercules-may-have-hit-hillock-say-preliminary-reports-on-crash/articleshow/32928658.cms
Countenance - Page 162 - Quote - "Earnshaw had his countenance completely averted from his companion" - definition - a persons facial expression - Modern Day Use -http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=251870781&id=251870781
Undulating - Page 184 - Quote - "close by great swells of long grass undulating in the waves to the breeze" - definition - wavy - Modern Day Use -http://www.designboom.com/design/clive-wilkinson-desk-the-barbarian-group2014/
Avaricious - Page 192 - Quote - "the more imminently his avaricious and unfeeling plans were threatened with defeat by death" - definition - having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain - Modern Day Use - http://twitchfilm.com/2014/04/review-lav-diazs-norte-the-end-of-history-is-a-four-hour-masterpiece-of-human-strife.html
Tyrannies - Page 203 - Quote - "pay her back her present tyrannies with a vigorous hand" - definition - unrestrained exercise of power - Modern Day Use - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1404/S00147/americas-great-leap-towards-global-tyranny.htm
Cockatrice - Page 204 - Quote - "Miss Cathy will think twice before she takes the cockatrice" - definition - mythical beast - Modern Day Use - http://www.jambands.com/news/2014/04/01/umphrey-s-mcgee-to-offer-headlice-and-cockatrice
hisseln - Page 218 - Quote - "moaned hisseln night and day" - definition -phonetically written dialect version of standard English "himself" - Modern Day Use -http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15709
Magpie - Page 224 - Quote - " you gathered them as a magpie gathers silver spoons " - definition - a bird in the crow family - Modern Day Use -http://www.postindependent.com/news/grandjunction/11037616-113/john-art-jenkins-arts
Conflagration - Page 226 - Quote - "watching the conflagration with indignant eyes" - definition - an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property - Modern Day Use -http://www.opednews.com/articles/Muslim-response-to-Hindu-T-by-Mike-Ghouse-Hinduism_Koran_Muslim-Fanatics_Muslim-Guy-140324-469.html
Obdurate - Page 226 - Quote - "by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity" - definition -stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action -Modern Day Use -http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-letters/senator-brandis-your-free-speech-will-be-costly-20140420-zqwyu.html
Perversity - Page 226 - Quote - "by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity" - definition - a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way - Modern Day Use -https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-criminal-law-reform-racial-justice/perversity-profiling
Exquisite - Page 248 - Quote - "both pleasure and pain in exquisite extremes" - definition - extremely beautiful, typically delicate - Modern Day Use -http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/15/eclipse-moon-night-california/
Soliloquized - Page 1 - Quote: ""The Lord help us!" He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure" - Definition: talked to ones self. - Modern Day Use: http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article//he-locked-me-in-his-house-for-love-sake
Peevish - Page 1 - Quote: ""The Lord help us!" He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure" - Definition: marked by ill temper - Modern Day Use: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2711.html
Vexatious - Page 4 - Quote: "Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm" - Definition: intended to harass - Modern Day Use: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2323.52
Vehemently - Page 6 - Quote: "So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently." - Definition: showing strong and often angry feelings : very emotional - Modern Day Use - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/nym/mets-ike-davis-vehemently-disputes-playing-with-injury?ymd=20140224&content_id=68259992
Reprobate - Page 11 - Quote: ""No, reprobate! You are a castaway-be off, or I'll hurt you seriously!" - Definition: to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil. - Modern Day Use: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/61877
Dilapidation - Page 14 - Quote: "Catherine's library was select, and it's state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used;" - Definition: a condition of decay or partial ruin. - Modern Day Use: http://www.rics.org/us/join/member-accreditations-list/dispute-resolution-service/dilapidation-disputes/
Lachrymose - Page 16 - Quote: "I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject; she waxed lachrymose." - Definition: tending to cause tears. - Modern Day Use: http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-MBB-12014
Palaver - Page 15 - Quote: "like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour-foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of" - Definition: talk that is not important or meaningful. - Modern Day Use: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pxom292XW_g
Vagabond - Page 16 - Quote: "Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us anymore; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the use if we break our orders" - Definition: moving so from place to place without a fixed home : wondering. - Modern Day Use: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtGuKy27qk
Poignant - Page 50 - Quote - "He struggled long to keep up an equality with Catherine in her studies, and yielded with poignant though silent regret" - Definition - causing a strong feeling of sadness - Modern Day Use - http://www.upworthy.com/that-girl-from-the-hunger-games-is-asked-a-poignant-question-and-i-love-her-ans
Ignoble - Page 50 - Quote - "He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look" - Definition - of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes. - Modern Day Use - http://www.michaelshermer.com/2003/08/the-ignoble-savage/
Winsome - Page 57 - Quote - "kneeling down by me and lifting her winsome eyes to my face" - Definition - attractive or appealing in appearance or character - Modern Day Use - http://thatwinsomegirl.blogspot.com
Expostulations - Page 62 - Quote - "where, heedless of my expostulations and the growling thunder" - Definition - express strong disapproval or disagreement - Modern Day Use - https://archive.org/details/seasonableexpost00counuoft
Hillock - Page 158 - Quote - "climb to that hillock" - definition - a small hill or mound - Modern Day Use - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAFs-Hercules-may-have-hit-hillock-say-preliminary-reports-on-crash/articleshow/32928658.cms
Countenance - Page 162 - Quote - "Earnshaw had his countenance completely averted from his companion" - definition - a persons facial expression - Modern Day Use -http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=251870781&id=251870781
Undulating - Page 184 - Quote - "close by great swells of long grass undulating in the waves to the breeze" - definition - wavy - Modern Day Use -http://www.designboom.com/design/clive-wilkinson-desk-the-barbarian-group2014/
Avaricious - Page 192 - Quote - "the more imminently his avaricious and unfeeling plans were threatened with defeat by death" - definition - having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain - Modern Day Use - http://twitchfilm.com/2014/04/review-lav-diazs-norte-the-end-of-history-is-a-four-hour-masterpiece-of-human-strife.html
Tyrannies - Page 203 - Quote - "pay her back her present tyrannies with a vigorous hand" - definition - unrestrained exercise of power - Modern Day Use - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1404/S00147/americas-great-leap-towards-global-tyranny.htm
Cockatrice - Page 204 - Quote - "Miss Cathy will think twice before she takes the cockatrice" - definition - mythical beast - Modern Day Use - http://www.jambands.com/news/2014/04/01/umphrey-s-mcgee-to-offer-headlice-and-cockatrice
hisseln - Page 218 - Quote - "moaned hisseln night and day" - definition -phonetically written dialect version of standard English "himself" - Modern Day Use -http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15709
Magpie - Page 224 - Quote - " you gathered them as a magpie gathers silver spoons " - definition - a bird in the crow family - Modern Day Use -http://www.postindependent.com/news/grandjunction/11037616-113/john-art-jenkins-arts
Conflagration - Page 226 - Quote - "watching the conflagration with indignant eyes" - definition - an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property - Modern Day Use -http://www.opednews.com/articles/Muslim-response-to-Hindu-T-by-Mike-Ghouse-Hinduism_Koran_Muslim-Fanatics_Muslim-Guy-140324-469.html
Obdurate - Page 226 - Quote - "by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity" - definition -stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action -Modern Day Use -http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-letters/senator-brandis-your-free-speech-will-be-costly-20140420-zqwyu.html
Perversity - Page 226 - Quote - "by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity" - definition - a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way - Modern Day Use -https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-criminal-law-reform-racial-justice/perversity-profiling
Exquisite - Page 248 - Quote - "both pleasure and pain in exquisite extremes" - definition - extremely beautiful, typically delicate - Modern Day Use -http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/15/eclipse-moon-night-california/