Pride and Prejudice Vocab
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AnnaBananaRussellWhoop on November 30, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acrimony | bitterness; animosity |
| Affability | friendliness; graciousness |
| Circumspection | caution; careful consideration of all circumstances before deciding |
| Coquetry | flirtatious behavior |
| Deign | to think fit with one's dignity; condescend |
| Derision | ridicule; mockery |
| Divert | to turn aside, amuse, or entertain |
| Effusion | an unrestrained expression of emotion |
| Eminent | standing above others in quality or position |
| Fastidious | possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please |
| Forbearance | good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence |
| Haughty | arrogant; condescending |
| Impertinent | insolent; rude; forward |
| Imprudent | lacking self-restraint; unwise |
| Insipid | lacking interest or significance |
| Licentiousness | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| Obsequious | Overly submissive and eager to please |
| Pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |
| Pretension | a bold or presumptuous assertion; a false claim |
| Profligate | recklessly wasteful |
| Rectitude | moral uprightness; righteousness |
| Sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| Supercilious | proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
| Vexation | annoyance; irritation |
| Vindication | defense; excuse; justification |
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