Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Words

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These words are from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
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  1. insufferable
    extremely unpleasant or annoying
  2. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  3. comparative
    involving the examination of similarities and differences
  4. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  5. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  6. affability
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  7. condescension
    showing arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
  8. condole
    express one's sympathy on the occasion of someone's death
  9. licentiousness
    the quality of being lewd and lascivious
  10. transpire
    come about, happen, or occur
  11. farthing
    a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
  12. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  13. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  14. insipidity
    extreme dullness; a lack of spirit or interest
  15. caprice
    a sudden desire
  16. discontented
    showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
  17. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  18. circumspection
    the trait of being cautious and sensible
  19. fortnight
    a period of fourteen consecutive days
  20. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  21. asserting
    relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
  22. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  23. arrogance
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  24. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  25. misfortune
    a state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
  26. unreserved
    not reserved
  27. inoffensive
    not likely or able to disturb the senses
  28. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  29. mislead
    take someone in the wrong direction or give wrong directions
  30. dictatorial
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  31. authoritative
    of recognized power or excellence
  32. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  33. acquaintance
    personal knowledge or information about someone or something
  34. bewitched
    under a spell
  35. wearisome
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental fatigue
  36. embarrassed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  37. concisely
    in a few words
  38. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  39. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  40. repine
    express discontent
  41. disappointment
    dissatisfaction when expectations are not realized
  42. elopement
    the act of running away with a lover
  43. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  44. stupid
    lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
  45. prodigiously
    to a prodigious degree
  46. Ladyship
    a title used to address any peeress except a duchess
  47. militia
    civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  48. unequal
    poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
  49. matrimony
    state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life
  50. conquest
    the act of defeating and taking control of
  51. instantaneous
    occurring with no delay
  52. personage
    one whose actions and opinions have a strong impact
  53. patronage
    the business given to an establishment by its customers
  54. diverted
    pleasantly occupied
  55. likelihood
    the probability of a specified outcome
  56. strenuously
    strongly or vigorously
  57. rector
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  58. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
  59. absurd
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
  60. abominate
    find repugnant
  61. indifference
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  62. correspondence
    an attribute of a shape or relation
  63. impudence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent
  64. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  65. mortified
    made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
  66. penetration
    the act of entering into or through something
  67. awkwardness
    trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
  68. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  69. encounter
    come together
  70. diffused
    (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material
  71. expression
    the communication of your beliefs or opinions
  72. fluently
    in a fluent manner
  73. thoughtlessness
    the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
Created on Thu Dec 29 16:00:09 EST 2011

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