Pride and Prejudice Vocabulary
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Created by:
gracegirl127 Plus on December 14, 2011
Subjects:
english, pride and prejudice, jane austen
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acrimony | n. bitterness or ill feeling |
| affability | n. friendliness, openness, and approachability; amiable each in manner/conversation |
| circumspection | n. caution; wariness of taking risks |
| coquetry | n. flirtations behavior |
| deign | v. to do something one considers beneath one's dignity; to "stoop" |
| derision | n. ridicule; mockery |
| divert | v. to amuse, please, or delight |
| effusion | n. an outpouring of words and feelings |
| eminent | adj. prestigious or distinguished; outstanding and lofty |
| fastidious | adj. very concerned about accuracy and detail; preoccupies with cleanliness |
| forbearance | n. patient self-control, restraint, or tolerance |
| haughty | adj. blatantly and disdainfully proud |
| impertinent | adj. rude; inappropriate or irrelevant in manner; insolent, saucy |
| imprudent | adj. unwise |
| insipid | adj. lacking in taste; dull, lifeless, or flavorless |
| licentiousness | n. lack or moral restraint, especially sexually; a disregard for accepted rules |
| obsequious | adj. servilely compliant or deferential; fawning; obediently dutiful |
| pedantic | adj. excessive concern with academic learning or minute details; overtly and condescendingly knowledgeable |
| pretension | n. a haughty claim to distinction |
| profligate | adj. excessively extravagant and wasteful; immoral in the pursuit of pleasure |
| propensity | n. a natural tendency or inclination |
| rectitude | n. morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness |
| sanguine | adj. confident; cheerfully optimistic |
| supercilious | adj. arrogant and detached |
| vexation | n. the state of being annoyed, irritated, and worried |
| vindication | n. the clearing of someone from blame or suspicion; the state of having shown something or someone to be right, reasonable, or justified |
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