Pride and Prejudice Chapter 1

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  1. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
    The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
  2. surround
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
  3. insufficient
    of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
    Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
  4. assure
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence
    "It is more than I engage for, I assure you."
  5. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
    You have no compassion for my poor nerves."
  6. recommend
    express a good opinion of
    "They have none of them much to recommend them," replied he; "they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters."
  7. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
    "It is more than I engage for, I assure you."
  8. hearty
    showing warm and sincere friendliness
    I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls; though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy."
  9. design
    the act of working out the form of something
    "Is that his design in settling here?"
  10. acknowledge
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of
    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
  11. fancied
    formed or conceived by the imagination
    When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.
  12. affect
    have an influence upon
    How can it affect them?"
  13. delight
    a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
    "Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
  14. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
    Her mind was less difficult to develop.
  15. acknowledged
    recognized or made known or admitted
    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
  16. invitation
    a request to be present or take part in something
    This was invitation enough.
  17. depend
    be determined by something else
    "Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty, I will visit them all."
  18. consider
    think about carefully; weigh
    However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
  19. establishment
    the act of forming something
    Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them.
  20. reserve
    hold back or set aside, especially for future use
    Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
  21. odd
    not divisible by two
    Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
  22. nervous
    of or relating to a system of sensory apparatus
    When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.
  23. delighted
    greatly pleased
    "Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
  24. temper
    a characteristic state of feeling
    She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.
  25. consent
    give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
    I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls; though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy."
Created on Wed Jan 18 16:42:45 EST 2012

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