The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Glossary

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Glossary

Ameliorated

Improved or made better

Asperity

Harshness of tone or temper

Bushel

A measure of capacity

Clamorous

Loud and confused, a din

Contamination

Pollution or imperfection

Console

To comfort

Coxcomb

An ostentatious or conceited man

Deplorable

Exceedingly bad

Embittered

Made to feel more bitter or hard-done-by

Emetic

Medicine that causes vomiting

Evincing

Making evident, or indicating

Impudence

Insolence, disrespect

Industrious

Diligent, hard-working

Melancholy

A pensive sadness; mental depression

Pertinacity

Obstinacy, stubborness

Phlegmatic

Stolidly calm

Puritanical

Practicing strict moral or religious behavior

Recumbent

Reclining; lying down

Regimen

A prescribed course of exercise or way of life

Roisterer

An uprorious and noisy person

Surtout

A man's close-fitting overcoat resembling a frock coat

Turbulence

An irregularly fluctuating flow of air

Verdure

Green vegetation

Vexed

Irritated; angered

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