"Sense and Sensibility" Chapters 1-2

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25 words from the first 2 chapters of Jane Austen's 1811 classic novel, "Sense and Sensibility". PLEASE POST a COMMENT or RATE!
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  1. light-headed
    weak and likely to lose consciousness
  2. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  3. annuity
    income from capital investment paid regularly
  4. amply
    sufficiently; more than adequately
  5. discharge
    leave or unload
  6. indecorous
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
  7. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  8. narrow-minded
    lacking tolerance of or openness to other people's ideas
  9. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
  10. articulation
    the manner in which things come together and are connected
  11. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  12. coldhearted
    lacking in sympathy or feeling
  13. attraction
    the quality of arousing interest
  14. tardy
    after the expected or usual time
  15. caricature
    represent a person with comic exaggeration
  16. inconvenience
    an unwanted discomfort
  17. indelicacy
    the trait of being indelicate and offensive
  18. counteract
    act in opposition to
  19. moderation
    the trait of avoiding excesses
  20. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  21. exertion
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  22. forbearance
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  23. wretchedness
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  24. well-disposed
    inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
  25. civility
    formal or perfunctory politeness
Created on Fri Oct 25 10:46:40 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Feb 26 10:00:08 EST 2014)

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