pride and prejudice
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libbium123 on September 21, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 caprice | impulsive change of mind |
| circumspection | prudence |
| ascertaining | discovering |
| fastidious | meticulous; difficult to please |
| pliancy | flixibility |
| supercilious | haughty; disdainful |
| vogue | fashion; popularity |
| affinity | a natural attraction to |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| implacable | impossible to appease or please |
| propitious | favorable |
| destitute | lacking; poor |
| affability | quality of being pleasant and easy to speak to |
| entreaties | pleas |
| imprudence | characteristic of making unwise decisions |
| insolent | insulting; disrespectful; rude |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| taciturn | not talkative |
| incumbent | imposed as a duty or obligation |
| tithes | money given to support the clergy |
| effusion | unrestrained outpouring of speech |
| conjecture | guess |
| rectitude | moral uprightness |
| impute | credit |
| repine | to be discontented or in low spirits |
| mercenary | motivated by money or material gain |
| ostentatious | pretentious; pompous |
| pursued | advanced; chased after |
| engrossed | totally occupied |
| impertinent | improperly bold or forward |
| tractable | manageable; easily handled |
| derision | ridicule |
| scruple | hesitate as a result of conscience |
| pecuniary | relating to money |
| penitent | showing regret or remorse |
| obeusance | a gesture of deference or homage |
| diminution | reduction |
| ecstasy | intense joy |
| volubility | fluency of speech |
| injunctions | commands; orders |
| conjugal | relating to marriage |
| querulous | grumbling; complaining |
| approbation | approval |
| trifling | of little significance |
| brevity | quality of being short in duration; shortness |
| profligate | wasteeful; extravagant |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| invectives | abusive language |
| dilatory | tending to delay |
| augmented | added |
| defer | postpone |
| copse | thicket of small trees |
| requited | repaid |
| valid | legal and binding |
| envy | have a feeling of discontent aroused by a desire for the possessions or qualities of others |
| cogent | convincing |
| vague | unclear; not well-defined |
| perpetually | continually; constantly |
| oblige | do a favor or service for |
| panegyric | praise; compliment |
| aspire | desire; to have as an ambition or a goal |
| tacit | implied by actions |
| sagacity | wisdom; judgemet |
| void | empty |
| omen | a prophetic sign |
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