pride and prejudice_vocab 20-40

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1. inure

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

NOTES:

A younger son, you know, must be inured to se!"denia and dependence.#

$. e%tenuate

essen or to try to essen the seriousness or e%tent o!

NOTES:

&iss 'ennet was the ony creature who coud suppose there might be any e%tenuating

circumstances in the case, unknown to the society o! (ert!ordshire; her mid and steady

candour aways peaded !or aowances, and urged the possibiity o! mistakes"

). obtrude

push to thrust outward

NOTES:

'ut ast summer he was again most pain!uy obtruded on my notice.

*. depreciate

ose in +aue

NOTES:

To this &ary +ery gra+ey repied, #ar be it !rom me, my dear sister, to depreciate such

peasures-

. e%asperate

make !urious

NOTES:

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2hen they were gone, Ei3abeth, as i! intending to e%asperate herse! as much as possibeagainst &r. 4arcy, chose !or her empoyment the e%amination o! a the etters which 5ane had

written to her since her being in 6ent.

7. repine

e%press discontent


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NOTES:

'ut 8 wi not repine.

9. hackneyed

repeated too o!ten; o+er!amiiar through o+eruse

NOTES:

#'ut that e%pression o! +ioenty in o+e is so hackneyed, so doubt!u, so inde!inite, that it gi+es

me +ery itte idea.

. impoitic

not poitic

NOTES:

8ndeed, &r. 4arcy, it is +ery ungenerous in you to mention a that you knew to my disad+antage

in (ert!ordshire""and, gi+e me ea+e to say, +ery impoitic too""!or it is pro+oking me to retaiate,

and such things may come out as wi shock your re

controed or taught or moded?

NOTES:

8 ne+er heard any harm o! her; and 8 dare say she is one o! the most tractabe creatures in the

word.

1$. contro+ert


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be resistant to

NOTES:

2hen the adies returned to the drawing"room, there was itte to be done but to hear @ady

/atherine tak, which she did without any intermission ti co!!ee came in, dei+ering her opinion

on e+ery subect in so decisi+e a manner, as pro+ed that she was

1). rationay

in a rationa manner

NOTES:

8t was &r. /oinss picture o! (uns!ord and osings rationay so!tened; and Ei3abeth percei+ed

that she must wait !or her own +isit there to know the rest.

1*. circumspect

heed!u o! potentia conseBuences

NOTES:

2e must not e%pect a i+ey young man to be aways so guarded and circumspect.

1. conni+ance

agreement on a secret pot

NOTES:

About a year ago, she was taken !rom schoo, and an estabishment !ormed !or her in @ondon;

and ast summer she went with the ady who presided o+er it, to amsgate; and thither aso

went &r. 2ickham, undoubtedy by design; !or there pro+ed to ha+e been a

17. undiminished

not essened or diminished

NOTES:

&rs. 'ennet reoiced to see 5ane in undiminished beauty; and more than once during dinner did

&r. 'ennet say +ountariy to Ei3abeth:

#8 am gad you are come back, @i33y.#

19. predominance

the Buaity o! being more noticeabe than anything ese

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She tried to recoect some instance o! goodness, some distinguished trait o! integrity or

bene+oence, that might rescue him !rom the attacks o! &r. 4arcy; or at east, by the

predominance o! +irtue, atone !or those casua errors under which she w

1. deduce

reason by deduction; estabish by deduction

NOTES:

Two in!erences, howe+er, were painy deduced !rom the whoe: one, that Ei3abeth was the rea

cause o! the mischie!; and the other that she herse! had been barbarousy misused by them a;

and on these two points she principay dwet during the

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the ritua washing o! a priests hands or o! sacred +esses

NOTES:

&r. 4arcy may perhaps ha+e heard o! such a pace as racechurch Street, but he woud hardy

think a months abution enough to ceanse him !rom its impurities, were he once to enter it; and

depend upon it, &r. 'ingey ne+er stirs without him.#

$*. intimidate

to compe or deter by or as i! by threats

NOTES:

&y courage aways rises at e+ery attempt to intimidate me.#

$. di!!ident

showing modest reser+e

NOTES:

(e was an%ious to a+oid the notice o! his cousins, !rom a con+iction that i! they saw him depart,

they coud not !ai to conecture his design, and he was not wiing to ha+e the attempt known ti

its success might be known ikewise; !or though !eeing a

$7. mischance

an unpredictabe outcome that is un!ortunate

NOTES:

She !et a the per+erseness o! the mischance that shoud bring him where no one ese was

brought, and, to pre+ent its e+er happening again, took care to in!orm him at !irst that it was a

!a+ourite haunt o! hers.

$9. pro!icient

ha+ing or showing knowedge and ski and aptitude

NOTES:

8! 8 had e+er earnt, 8 shoud ha+e been a great pro!icient.

$. agitate

mo+e or cause to mo+e back and !orth

NOTES:

A!ter a sience o! se+era minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began:


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#8n +ain 8 ha+e strugged.

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NOTES:

(e had !ound the aw a most unpro!itabe study, and was now absoutey reso+ed on being

ordained, i! 8 woud present him to the i+ing in Buestion""o! which he trusted there coud be itte

doubt, as he was we assured that 8 had no other person to pro+

). ostentatious

intended to attract notice and impress others

NOTES:

They were then, with no other deay than his pointing out the neatness o! the entrance, taken

into the house; and as soon as they were in the parour, he wecomed them a second time, with

ostentatious !ormaity to his humbe abode, and punctuay r

)7. eBui+oca

open to two or more interpretations; or o! uncertain nature or signi!icance; or >o!ten? intended tomisead

NOTES:

Ei3abeth saw directy that her !ather had not the smaest intention o! yieding; but his answers

were at the same time so +ague and eBui+oca, that her mother, though o!ten disheartened, had

ne+er yet despaired o! succeeding at ast.

)9. unprinciped

acking principes or mora scrupes

NOTES:

E+ery ingering strugge in his !a+our grew !ainter and !ainter; and in !arther usti!ication o! &r.

4arcy, she coud not but aow &r. 'ingey, when Buestioned by 5ane, had ong ago asserted his

bameessness in the a!!air; that proud and repusi+e as we

). abusi+e

characteri3ed by physica or psychoogica matreatment

NOTES:

One may be continuay abusi+e without saying anything ust; but one cannot aways be

aughing at a man without now and then stumbing on something witty.#

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The two gentemen e!t osings the ne%t morning, and &r. /oins ha+ing been in waiting near

the odges, to make them his parting obeisance, was abe to bring home the peasing

inteigence, o! their appearing in +ery good heath, and in

*=. disapprobation

an e%pression o! strong disappro+a; pronouncing as wrong or moray cupabe

NOTES:

#Cou must know that though 8 shoud be e%ceedingy grie+ed at their disapprobation, 8 coud not

hesitate.#

*1. trepidation

a !eeing o! aarm or dread

NOTES:

She had heard nothing o! @ady /atherine that spoke her aw!u !rom any e%traordinary taents or

miracuous +irtue, and the mere stateiness o! money or rank she thought she coud witness

without trepidation.

*$. di!!idence

ack o! se!"con!idence

NOTES:

5anes temper was not desponding, and she was graduay ed to hope, though the di!!idence o!

a!!ection sometimes o+ercame the hope, that 'ingey woud return to Nether!ied and answer

e+ery wish o! her heart.

*). dupicity

acting in bad !aith; deception by pretending to entertain one set o! intentions whie acting under

the in!uence o! another

NOTES:

8! 8 were not a!raid o! udging harshy, 8 shoud be amost tempted to say that there is a strongappearance o! dupicity in a this.

**. emergence

the act o! emerging

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8t was absoutey necessary, there!ore, to think o! something, and in this emergence recoecting

when she had seen him ast in (ert!ordshire, and !eeing curious to know what he woud say on

the subect o! their hasty departure, she obser+ed:

#(ow

*. eapse

pass by

NOTES:

A week eapsed be!ore she coud see Ei3abeth without scoding her, a month passed away

be!ore she coud speak to Sir 2iiam or @ady @ucas without being rude, and many months were

gone be!ore she coud at a !orgi+e their daughter.

*7. ae+iate

pro+ide physica reie!, as !rom pain

NOTES:

The pain o! separation, howe+er, might be ae+iated on his side, by preparations !or the

reception o! his bride; as he had reason to hope, that shorty a!ter his return into (ert!ordshire,

the day woud be !i%ed that was to make him the happiest o

*9. instabiity

a ack o! baance or state o! diseBuiibrium

NOTES:

Cou dare not, you cannot deny, that you ha+e been the principa, i! not the ony means o!

di+iding them !rom each other""o! e%posing one to the censure o! the word !or caprice and

instabiity, and the other to its derision !or disappointed hopes,

*. concise

e%pressing much in !ew words

NOTES:

A short diaogue on the subect o! the country ensued, on either side cam and concise""andsoon put an end to by the entrance o! /harotte and her sister, ust returned !rom her wak.

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#8 am !ar !rom attributing any part o! &r. 'ingeys conduct to design,# said Ei3abeth; #but

without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error, and there may

be misery.

=. assiduous

marked by care and persistent e!!ort

NOTES:

(e scarcey e+er spoke to her, and the assiduous attentions which he had been so sensibe o!

himse! were trans!erred !or the rest o! the day to &iss @ucas, whose ci+iity in istening to him

was a seasonabe reie! to them a, and especiay to h

1. con!irming

ser+ing to support or corroborate

NOTES:

The ustice o! the charge struck her too !orciby !or denia, and the circumstances to which he

particuary auded as ha+ing passed at the Nether!ied ba, and as con!irming a his !irst

disapprobation, coud not ha+e made a stronger impression

$. re!ute

o+erthrow by argument, e+idence, or proo!

NOTES:

#2ith respect to that other, more weighty accusation, o! ha+ing inured &r. 2ickham, 8 can onyre!ute it by aying be!ore you the whoe o! his connection with my !amiy.

). rectitude

righteousness as a conseBuence o! being honorabe and honest

NOTES:

(er disappointment in /harotte made her turn with !onder regard to her sister, o! whose

rectitude and deicacy she was sure her opinion coud ne+er be shaken, and !or whose

happiness she grew daiy more an%ious, as 'ingey had now been gone a week

*. subside

sink to a ower e+e or !orm a depression

NOTES:

(is apparent partiaity had subsided, his attentions were o+er, he was the admirer o! some one

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. perturb

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or aarmed

NOTES:

8n this perturbed state o! mind, with thoughts that coud rest on nothing, she waked on; but itwoud not do; in ha! a minute the etter was un!oded again, and coecting herse! as we as

she coud, she again began the morti!ying perusa o! a

7. impropriety

the condition o! being improper

NOTES:

She was now struck with the impropriety o! such communications to a stranger, and wondered it

had escaped her be!ore.

9. discernibe

perceptibe by the senses or inteect

NOTES:

At ength the 0arsonage was discernibe.

. increduity

doubt about the truth o! something

NOTES:

(e e+en ooked at her with a smie o! a!!ected increduity.


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4o not be a!raid o! my running into any e%cess, o! my encroaching on your pri+iege o! uni+ersa

good"wi.

71. depra+ity

mora per+ersion; impairment o! +irtue and mora principes

NOTES:

2i!uy and wantony to ha+e thrown o!! the companion o! my youth, the acknowedged

!a+ourite o! my !ather, a young man who had scarcey any other dependence than on our

patronage, and who had been brought up to e%pect its e%ertion, woud be a depra+i

7$. impurity

the condition o! being impure

NOTES:

&r. 4arcy may perhaps ha+e heard o! such a pace as racechurch Street, but he woud hardy

think a months abution enough to ceanse him !rom its impurities, were he once to enter it; and

depend upon it, &r. 'ingey ne+er stirs without him.#

7). enumerate

determine the number or amount o!

NOTES:

Their party in the dining"room was arge, !or amost a the @ucases came to meet &aria and

hear the news; and +arious were the subects that occupied them: @ady @ucas was inBuiring o!&aria, a!ter the we!are and poutry o! her edest daughter; &rs. 'enn

7*. aay

essen the intensity o! or cam

NOTES:

The tumut o! Ei3abeths mind was aayed by this con+ersation.

7. reso+ing

anaysis into cear"cut components

NOTES:

2hene+er /harotte came to see them, she concuded her to be anticipating the hour o!

possession; and whene+er she spoke in a ow +oice to &r. /oins, was con+inced that they

were taking o! the @ongbourn estate, and reso+ing to turn herse! and


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77. +eracity

unwiingness to te ies

NOTES:

O! what he has particuary accused me 8 am ignorant; but o! the truth o! what 8 sha reate, 8 cansummon more than one witness o! undoubted +eracity.

79. discaim

make a discaimer about

NOTES:

&iss 'ennet eagery discaimed a e%traordinary merit, and threw back the praise on her sisters

warm a!!ection.

7. bewai

regret strongy

NOTES:

They agreed that &rs. 'ennet shoud ony hear o! the departure o! the !amiy, without being

aarmed on the score o! the gentemans conduct; but e+en this partia communication ga+e her

a great dea o! concern, and she bewaied it as e%ceedingy un

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NOTES:

She tried to recoect some instance o! goodness, some distinguished trait o! integrity or

bene+oence, that might rescue him !rom the attacks o! &r. 4arcy; or at east, by the

predominance o! +irtue, atone !or those casua errors under which she w

9$. e!!usion

an unrestrained e%pression o! emotion

NOTES:

@et our !irst e!!usions be ess insupportabe than those o! the generaity o! tra+eers.#

9). con!use

mistake one thing !or another

NOTES:

She was per!ecty sensibe that he ne+er had; but she wished to see whether he woud betray

any consciousness o! what had passed between the 'ingeys and 5ane, and she thought he

ooked a itte con!used as he answered that he had ne+er been so !or

9*. intrude

enter unin+ited

NOTES:

&r. 4arcy reated the mistake which had occasioned his intruding on &iss 'ennet, and a!tersitting a !ew minutes onger without saying much to anybody, went away.

9. in+ariabe

not iabe to or capabe o! change

NOTES:

'ut 8 wi endea+our to banish e+ery pain!u thought, and think ony o! what wi make me

happy""your a!!ection, and the in+ariabe kindness o! my dear unce and aunt.

97. de!ection

withdrawing support or hep despite aegiance or responsibiity

NOTES:

6itty and @ydia take his de!ection much more to heart than 8 do.

99. di+ersi!ied


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ha+ing +ariety o! character or !orm or components; or ha+ing increased +ariety

NOTES:

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2ith no greater e+ents than these in the @ongbourn !amiy, and otherwise di+ersi!ied by ittebeyond the waks to &eryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cod, did 5anuary and ebruary

pass away.

9. generaity

the Buaity o! being genera or widespread or ha+ing genera appicabiity

NOTES:

@et our !irst e!!usions be ess insupportabe than those o! the generaity o! tra+eers.#

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NOTES:

Nothing coud consoe and nothing coud appease her.

). partiaity

an incination to !a+or one group or +iew or opinion o+er aternati+es

NOTES:

&y brother admires her greaty aready; he wi ha+e !reBuent opportunity now o! seeing her on

the most intimate !ooting; her reations a wish the connection as much as his own; and a

sisters partiaity is not miseading me, 8 think, when 8 ca

*. imprudent

not prudent or wise

NOTES:

4o not in+o+e yourse! or endea+our to in+o+e him in an a!!ection which the want o! !ortune

woud make so +ery imprudent.

. increduous

not disposed or wiing to beie+e; unbeie+ing

NOTES:

2ith many compiments to them, and much se!"gratuation on the prospect o! a connection

between the houses, he un!oded the matter""to an audience not merey wondering, butincreduous; !or &rs. 'ennet, with more perse+erance than poiteness, prot

7. ee+ate

raise !rom a ower to a higher position

NOTES:

A this was acknowedged to &rs. ardiner; and a!ter reating the circumstances, she thus went

on: #8 am now con+inced, my dear aunt, that 8 ha+e ne+er been much in o+e; !or had 8 reay

e%perienced that pure and ee+ating passion, 8 shoud at pr

9. e+ade

a+oid or try to a+oid !u!iing, answering, or per!orming >duties, Buestions, or issues?

NOTES:


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A promise o! secrecy was o! course +ery duti!uy gi+en, but it coud not be kept without di!!icuty;

!or the curiosity e%cited by his ong absence burst !orth in such +ery direct Buestions on his

return as reBuired some ingenuity to e+ade, and he

. diminution

change toward something smaer or ower

NOTES:

Their !irst subect was the diminution o! the osings party.


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make i+ey

NOTES:

(e sedom appeared reay animated.


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#That is not an unnatura surmise,# said it3wiiam, #but it is a essening o! the honour o! my

cousins triumph +ery sady.#

1=*. gentee

marked by re!inement in taste and manners

NOTES:

8n the inter+as o! her discourse with &rs. /oins, she addressed a +ariety o! Buestions to &aria

and Ei3abeth, but especiay to the atter, o! whose connections she knew the east, and who

she obser+ed to &rs. /oins was a +ery gentee, pretty

1=. uni!ormy

in a uni!orm manner

NOTES:

The situation o! your mothers !amiy, though obectionabe, was nothing in comparison to that

tota want o! propriety so !reBuenty, so amost uni!ormy betrayed by herse!, by your three

younger sisters, and occasionay e+en by your !ather.

1=7. transient

asting a +ery short time

NOTES:

(er daughter endea+oured to con+ince her o! what she did not beie+e herse!, that his

attentions to 5ane had been merey the e!!ect o! a common and transient iking, which ceasedwhen he saw her no more; but though the probabiity o! the statement

1=9. ensue

issue or terminate >in a speci!ied way, state, etc.?; end

NOTES:

8t was spoken o! again whie they were at dinner, when &r. /oins oining in, obser+ed:

#Ces, &iss Ei3abeth, you wi ha+e the honour o! seeing @ady /atherine de 'ourgh on the

ensuing Sunday at church, and 8 need not say you wi be deighted wit

1=. aacrity

i+einess and eagerness

NOTES:


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Sir 2iiam and @ady @ucas were speediy appied to !or their consent; and it was bestowed with

a most oy!u aacrity.

1=o! peope? by asking speci!ic Buestions

NOTES:

The whoe o! what Ei3abeth had aready heard, his caims on &r. 4arcy, and a that he had

su!!ered !rom him, was now openy acknowedged and pubicy can+assed; and e+erybody was

peased to know how much they had aways disiked &r. 4arcy be!ore

11=. negigence

!aiure to act with the prudence that a reasonabe person woud e%ercise under the same

circumstances

NOTES:

She e%amined into their empoyments, ooked at their work, and ad+ised them to do it

di!!erenty; !ound !aut with the arrangement o! the !urniture; or detected the housemaid in

negigence; and i! she accepted any re!reshment, seemed to do it ony

111. repute

the state o! being hed in high esteem and honor

NOTES:

On being made acBuainted with the present &r. 4arcys treatment o! him, she tried to remembersome o! that gentemans reputed disposition when Buite a ad which might agree with it, and

was con!ident at ast that she recoected ha+ing heard &r.

11$. inconsistency

the Buaity o! being inconsistent and acking a harmonious uni!ormity among things or parts

NOTES:

The more 8 see o! the word, the more am 8 dissatis!ied with it; and e+ery day con!irms my beie!

o! the inconsistency o! a human characters, and o! the itte dependence that can be paced on

the appearance o! merit or sense.

11). authoritati+e

o! recogni3ed authority or e%ceence

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She was not rendered !ormidabe by sience; but whate+er she said was spoken in so

authoritati+e a tone, as marked her se!"importance, and brought &r. 2ickham immediatey to

Ei3abeths mind; and !rom the obser+ation o! the day atogether, she be

11*. detection

the perception that something has occurred or some state e%ists

NOTES:

8gnorant as you pre+iousy were o! e+erything concerning either, detection coud not be in your

power, and suspicion certainy not in your incination.

11. unaccountabe

not to be accounted !or or e%pained

NOTES:

8t is unaccountabe-

117. e%tort

obtain by coercion or intimidation

NOTES:

8t was some time, howe+er, be!ore a smie coud be e%torted !rom 5ane.

119. ga3e

a coating !or ceramics, meta, etc.

NOTES:

E+ery park has its beauty and its prospects; and Ei3abeth saw much to be peased with, though

she coud not be in such raptures as &r. /oins e%pected the scene to inspire, and was but

sighty a!!ected by his enumeration o! the windows in !ront o! the

11. propensity

a natura incination

NOTES:

The +icious propensities""the want o! principe, which he was care!u to guard !rom the

knowedge o! his best !riend, coud not escape the obser+ation o! a young man o! neary the

same age with himse!, and who had opportunities o! seeing him in un

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!oo or hoa%

NOTES:

This etter ga+e Ei3abeth some pain; but her spirits returned as she considered that 5ane woud

no onger be duped, by the sister at east.

1$=. penitent

!eeing or e%pressing remorse !or misdeeds

NOTES:

(e e%pressed no regret !or what he had done which satis!ied her; his stye was not penitent, but

haughty.

1$1. mutuay

in a mutua or shared manner

NOTES:

'etween Ei3abeth and /harotte there was a restraint which kept them mutuay sient on the

subect; and Ei3abeth !et persuaded that no rea con!idence coud e+er subsist between them

again.

1$$. impertinent

impropery !orward or bod

NOTES:

As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unikey to be @ady /atherine, and under that

apprehension was putting away her ha!"!inished etter that she might escape a impertinent

Buestions, when the door opened, and, to her +ery great surp

1$). discourage

try to pre+ent; show opposition to

NOTES:

#0erhaps it wi be as we i! you discourage his coming here so +ery o!ten.

1$*. disinterested

una!!ected by se!"interest

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The stupidity with which he was !a+oured by nature must guard his courtship !rom any charm

that coud make a woman wish !or its continuance; and &iss @ucas, who accepted him soey

!rom the pure and disinterested desire o! an estabishment, cared n

1$. chagrin

strong !eeings o! embarrassment

NOTES:

8n her own past beha+iour, there was a constant source o! +e%ation and regret; and in the

unhappy de!ects o! her !amiy, a subect o! yet hea+ier chagrin.

1$7. consistency

a harmonious uni!ormity or agreement among things or parts

NOTES:

8t was rather sma, but we buit and con+enient; and e+erything was !itted up and arranged with

a neatness and consistency o! which Ei3abeth ga+e /harotte a the credit.

1$9. amiss

in an improper or mistaken or un!ortunate manner

NOTES:

@ady /atherine approached, and, a!ter istening !or a !ew minutes, said to 4arcy:

#&iss 'ennet woud not pay at a amiss i! she practised more, and coud ha+e the ad+antage o!a @ondon master.

1$. contri+e

make or work out a pan !or; de+ise

NOTES:

Ei3abeth then contri+ed to sit by her aunt.

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1)=. pro!usion

the property o! being e%tremey abundant

NOTES:

Cour pro!usion makes me sa+ing; and i! you ament o+er him much onger, my heart wi be asight as a !eather.#

1)1. sacken

become sow or sower

NOTES:

Ei3abeth coud ne+er address her without !eeing that a the com!ort o! intimacy was o+er, and

though determined not to sacken as a correspondent, it was !or the sake o! what had been,

rather than what was.

1)$. serenity

the absence o! menta stress or an%iety

NOTES:

'ut in a, and in amost e+ery ine o! each, there was a want o! that cheer!uness which had

been used to characterise her stye, and which, proceeding !rom the serenity o! a mind at ease

with itse! and kindy disposed towards e+eryone, had been

1)). distribute

gi+e to se+era peope

NOTES:

The !irst part o! &rs. ardiners business on her arri+a was to distribute her presents and

describe the newest !ashions.

1)*. precede

be earier in time; go back !urther

NOTES:

Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the !amiy at

osings, which in so sma a circe must be important.

1). stead!ast

marked by !irm determination or resoution; not shakabe


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NOTES:

8t was an earnest, stead!ast ga3e, but she o!ten doubted whether there were much admiration in

it, and sometimes it seemed nothing but absence o! mind.

1)7. congenia

suitabe to your needs

NOTES:

They woud doubtess be congenia with the generaity o! !emae minds.

1)9. snug

enoying or a!!ording com!orting warmth and sheter especiay in a sma space

NOTES:

2e, now et us be Buite com!ortabe and snug, and tak and augh a the way home.

1). arrogance

o+erbearing pride e+idenced by a superior manner toward in!eriors

NOTES:

She went on:

#rom the +ery beginning""!rom the !irst moment, 8 may amost say""o! my acBuaintance with

you, your manners, impressing me with the !uest beie! o! your arrogance, your conceit, and

your se!ish disdain o! the !eeings o! others, we

1)personi!ied as one o! the deady

sins?

NOTES:

2here does discretion end, and a+arice beginD


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1*1. a!!ront

a deiberatey o!!ensi+e act or something producing the e!!ect o! deiberate disrespect

NOTES:

/atherine, weak"spirited, irritabe, and competey under @ydias guidance, had been awaysa!!ronted by their ad+ice; and @ydia, se!"wied and careess, woud scarcey gi+e them a

hearing.

1*$. entai

ha+e as a ogica conseBuence

NOTES:

8! it was not !or the entai, 8 shoud not mind it.#

1*). a!!inity

a natura attraction or !eeing o! kinship

NOTES:

'ut when this subect was succeeded by his account o! &r. 2ickham""when she read with

somewhat cearer attention a reation o! e+ents which, i! true, must o+erthrow e+ery cherished

opinion o! his worth, and which bore so aarming an a!!inity to his

1**. incense

make !urious

NOTES:

4ay a!ter day passed away without bringing any other tidings o! him than the report which

shorty pre+aied in &eryton o! his coming no more to Nether!ied the whoe winter; a report

which highy incensed &rs. 'ennet, and which she ne+er !aied to

1*. de!icient

inadeBuate in amount or degree

NOTES:

8t ony shows her being de!icient in something herse!""sense or !eeing.#

1*7. mercenary

a person hired to !ight !or another country than their own

NOTES:


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8 shoud be sorry to think our !riend mercenary.#

1*9. impartia

!ree !rom undue bias or preconcei+ed opinions

NOTES:

'ut my !eeings are not ony cordia towards him; they are e+en impartia towards &iss 6ing.

1*. !ormaity

a reBuirement o! etiBuette or custom

NOTES:

They were then, with no other deay than his pointing out the neatness o! the entrance, taken

into the house; and as soon as they were in the parour, he wecomed them a second time, with

ostentatious !ormaity to his humbe abode, and punctuay r

1*


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NOTES:

As !or 5ane, her an%iety under this suspense was, o! course, more pain!u than Ei3abeths, but

whate+er she !et she was desirous o! conceaing, and between herse! and Ei3abeth, there!ore,

the subect was ne+er auded to.

1). buste

mo+e or cause to mo+e energeticay or busiy

NOTES:

The day passed most peasanty away; the morning in buste and shopping, and the e+ening at

one o! the theatres.

1*. disso+e

pass into a soution

NOTES:

A connection between us seemed now disso+ed.

1. counterpart

a person or thing ha+ing the same !unction or characteristics as another

NOTES:

The entertainment o! dining at osings was repeated about twice a week; and, aowing !or the

oss o! Sir 2iiam, and there being ony one card"tabe in the e+ening, e+ery such entertainmentwas the counterpart o! the !irst.

17. insensibe

barey abe to be percei+ed

NOTES:

@ady @ucas coud not be insensibe o! triumph on being abe to retort on &rs. 'ennet the

com!ort o! ha+ing a daughter we married; and she caed at @ongbourn rather o!tener than

usua to say how happy she was, though &rs. 'ennets sour ooks and

19. inurious

harm!u to i+ing things

NOTES:


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(a+ing ne+er e+en !ancied herse! in o+e be!ore, her regard had a the warmth o! !irst

attachment, and, !rom her age and disposition, greater steadiness than most !irst attachments

o!ten boast; and so !er+enty did she +aue his remembrance, and pre!er

1. degradation

changing to a ower state >a ess respected state?

NOTES:

(is sense o! her in!eriority""o! its being a degradation""o! the !amiy obstaces which had aways

opposed to incination, were dwet on with a warmth which seemed due to the conseBuence he

was wounding, but was +ery unikey to recommend his suit.

1especiay manner or stye o! e%pression?

NOTES:

/(A0TE $

A!ter a week spent in pro!essions o! o+e and schemes o! !eicity, &r. /oins was caed !rom his

amiabe /harotte by the arri+a o! Saturday.


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17). incine

ower or bend >the head or upper body?, as in a nod or bow

NOTES:

#&r. 2ickham is the son o! a +ery respectabe man, who had !or many years the managemento! a the 0emberey estates, and whose good conduct in the discharge o! his trust naturay

incined my !ather to be o! ser+ice to him; and on eorge 2ickham,

17*. engross

de+ote >onese!? !uy to

NOTES:

#8 ne+er saw a more promising incination; he was growing Buite inattenti+e to other peope, and

whoy engrossed by her.

17. insu!!icient

o! a Buantity not abe to !u!i a need or reBuirement

NOTES:

8! 8 ha+e wounded your sisters !eeings, it was unknowingy done and though the moti+es which

go+erned me may to you +ery naturay appear insu!!icient, 8 ha+e not yet earnt to condemn

them.

177. caprice

a sudden desire

NOTES:

That he was reay !ond o! 5ane, she doubted no more than she had e+er done; and much as

she had aways been disposed to ike him, she coud not think without anger, hardy without

contempt, on that easiness o! temper, that want o! proper resoution, whic

179. de!erence

courteous regard !or peopes !eeings

NOTES:

She is the sort o! woman whom one cannot regard with too much de!erence.#

17. consoe

gi+e mora or emotiona strength to


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NOTES:

Nothing coud consoe and nothing coud appease her.

17!or someone? as a duty or responsibiity; moray binding

NOTES:

Ei3abeth, !eeing it incumbent on her to reie+e him !rom so unpeasant a situation, now put

herse! !orward to con!irm his account, by mentioning her prior knowedge o! it !rom /harotte

herse!; and endea+oured to put a stop to the e%camations

19$. congratuate

say something to someone that e%presses praise

NOTES:

8 congratuate her.

19). anticipate

regard something as probabe or ikey

NOTES:

2hene+er /harotte came to see them, she concuded her to be anticipating the hour o!

possession; and whene+er she spoke in a ow +oice to &r. /oins, was con+inced that they

were taking o! the @ongbourn estate, and reso+ing to turn herse! and

19*. pro+oke

pro+ide the needed stimuus !or


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NOTES:

8ndeed, &r. 4arcy, it is +ery ungenerous in you to mention a that you knew to my disad+antage

in (ert!ordshire""and, gi+e me ea+e to say, +ery impoitic too""!or it is pro+oking me to retaiate,

and such things may come out as wi shock your re

19. grie+ous

causing or marked by grie! or anguish

NOTES:

(ow grie+ous then was the thought that, o! a situation so desirabe in e+ery respect, so repete

with ad+antage, so promising !or happiness, 5ane had been depri+ed, by the !oy and

indecorum o! her own !amiy-

197. accidentay

without intention; in an unintentiona manner

NOTES:

&iss @ucas percei+ed him !rom an upper window as he waked towards the house, and instanty

set out to meet him accidentay in the ane.

199. composure

steadiness o! mind under stress

NOTES:

The steady countenance which &iss @ucas had commanded in teing her story, ga+e way to a

momentary con!usion here on recei+ing so direct a reproach; though, as it was no more than

she e%pected, she soon regained her composure, and camy repied:

19. compose

!orm the substance o!

NOTES:

/harotte herse! was toeraby composed.

19


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1=. soemnity

a trait o! digni!ied seriousness

NOTES:

The promised etter o! thanks !rom &r. /oins arri+ed on Tuesday, addressed to their !ather,and written with a the soemnity o! gratitude which a twe+emonths abode in the !amiy might

ha+e prompted.

11. tranBui

>o! a body o! water? !ree !rom disturbance by hea+y wa+es

NOTES:

&r. 'ennets emotions were much more tranBui on the occasion, and such as he did

e%perience he pronounced to be o! a most agreeabe sort; !or it grati!ied him, he said, to

disco+er that /harotte @ucas, whom he had been used to think toeraby sen

1$. inure

cause inuries or bodiy harm to

NOTES:

2e must not be so ready to !ancy ourse+es intentionay inured.

1). engaging

attracting or deighting

NOTES:



sisters partiaity is not miseading me, 8 think, when 8 ca /hare

1*. depri+e

take away

NOTES:

8 sincerey hope your /hristmas in (ert!ordshire may abound in the gaieties which that season

generay brings, and that your beau% wi be so numerous as to pre+ent your !eeing the oss o!

the three o! whom we sha depri+e you.#

1. attenti+e

taking heed; gi+ing cose and thought!u attention


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NOTES:

#@ady /atherine is a +ery respectabe, sensibe woman indeed,# added /harotte, #and a most

attenti+e neighbour.#

17. repress

concea or hide

NOTES:

&y !eeings wi not be repressed.

19. rapture

a state o! being carried away by o+erwheming emotion

NOTES:

She wrote aso with great peasure o! her brothers being an inmate o! &r. 4arcys house, and

mentioned with raptures some pans o! the atter with regard to new !urniture.

1. obige

!orce somebody to do something

NOTES:

8 wi read it to you:#

#2hen my brother e!t us yesterday, he imagined that the business which took him to @ondon

might be concuded in three or !our days; but as we are certain it cannot be so, and at the same

time con+inced that when /hares gets to to

1


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ha+ing or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain o! those one +iews as unworthy

NOTES:

(e had by that time reached it aso, and, hoding out a etter, which she instincti+ey took, said,

with a ook o! haughty composure, #8 ha+e been waking in the gro+e some time in the hope o!

meeting you.

1in+o+ing reconsideration and modi!ication?

NOTES:

A!ter waiting at home e+ery morning !or a !ortnight, and in+enting e+ery e+ening a !resh e%cuse

!or her, the +isitor did at ast appear; but the shortness o! her stay, and yet more, the ateration

o! her manner woud aow 5ane to decei+e herse! n

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Neither coud anything be urged against my !ather, who, though with some pecuiarities, has

abiities &r. 4arcy himse! need not disdain, and respectabiity which he wi probaby ne+er

each.#

$=$. conecture

to beie+e especiay on uncertain or tentati+e grounds

NOTES:



its success might be known ikewise; !or though !e

$=). tumut

a state o! commotion and noise and con!usion

NOTES:

The tumut o! her mind, was now pain!uy great.

$=*. Buai!ied

meeting the proper standards and reBuirements and training !or an o!!ice or position or task

NOTES:

#0erhaps,# said 4arcy, #8 shoud ha+e udged better, had 8 sought an introduction; but 8 am i"

Buai!ied to recommend myse! to strangers.#

$=. denia

renunciation o! your own interests in !a+or o! the interests o! others

NOTES:

A promise o! secrecy was o! course +ery duti!uy gi+en, but it coud not be kept without di!!icuty;

!or the curiosity e%cited by his ong absence burst !orth in such +ery direct Buestions on his

return as reBuired some ingenuity to e+ade, and he was at

$=7. withhod

hod back; re!use to hand o+er or share

NOTES:

'ut in spite o! the certainty in which Ei3abeth a!!ected to pace this point, as we as the sti

more interesting one o! 'ingeys being withhed !rom seeing 5ane, she !et a soicitude on the

subect which con+inced her, on e%amination, that sh


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$=9. anecdote

short account o! an incident >especiay a biographica one?

NOTES:

@ady /atherine was generay speaking""stating the mistakes o! the three others, or reatingsome anecdote o! herse!.

$=. inspire

ser+e as the inciting cause o!

NOTES:

8 reay do not think eorgiana 4arcy has her eBua !or beauty, eegance, and accompishments;

and the a!!ection she inspires in @ouisa and myse! is heightened into something sti more

interesting, !rom the hope we dare entertain o! her being her

$=


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time con+inced that when /hares gets to to

$1). grandeur

the Buaity o! being magni!icent or spendid or grand

NOTES:

The power o! dispaying the grandeur o! his patroness to his wondering +isitors, and o! etting

them see her ci+iity towards himse! and his wi!e, was e%acty what he had wished !or; and that

an opportunity o! doing it shoud be gi+en so soon, was

$1*. urgent

compeing immediate action

NOTES:

The +ery ast e+ening was spent there; and her adyship again inBuired minutey into the

particuars o! their ourney, ga+e them directions as to the best method o! packing, and was so

urgent on the necessity o! pacing gowns in the ony right way,

$1. partia

being or a!!ecting ony a part; not tota

NOTES:

They agreed that &rs. 'ennet shoud ony hear o! the departure o! the !amiy, without being

aarmed on the score o! the gentemans conduct; but e+en this partia communication ga+e her

a great dea o! concern, and she bewaied it as e%ceedingy un

$17. discretion

the power o! making !ree choices unconstrained by e%terna agencies

NOTES:

2here does discretion end, and a+arice beginD

$19. compassion

a deep awareness o! and sympathy !or anothers su!!ering

NOTES:


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#8 did not think you woud; and that being the case, 8 cannot consider your situation with much

compassion.#

$1. soey

without any others being incuded or in+o+ed

NOTES:

The stupidity with which he was !a+oured by nature must guard his courtship !rom any charm

that coud make a woman wish !or its continuance; and &iss @ucas, who accepted him soey

!rom the pure and disinterested desire o! an estabishment, cared n

$1


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$$). entreat

ask !or or reBuest earnesty

NOTES:

8n as short a time as &r. /oinss ong speeches woud aow, e+erything was setted betweenthem to the satis!action o! both; and as they entered the house he earnesty entreated her to

name the day that was to make him the happiest o! men; and t

$$*. prudent

care!u and sensibe; marked by sound udgment

NOTES:

/onsider &r. /oinss respectabiity, and /harottes steady, prudent character.

$$. announce

make known; make an announcement

NOTES:

/(A0TE $)

Ei3abeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, re!ecting on what she had heard, and

doubting whether she was authorised to mention it, when Sir 2iiam @ucas himse! appeared,

sent by his daughter, to announce her engagement to the

$$7. promote

gi+e a promotion to or assign to a higher position

NOTES:

8 think it woud not be +ery ikey to promote sistery a!!ection or deicacy o! mind.#

$$9. communicate

trans!er to another

NOTES:

Ei3abeth, to whom 5ane +ery soon communicated the chie! o! a this, heard it in sient

indignation.

$$. betray

dei+er to an enemy by treachery


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NOTES:

She was per!ecty sensibe that he ne+er had; but she wished to see whether he woud betray

any consciousness o! what had passed between the 'ingeys and 5ane, and she thought he

ooked a itte con!used as he answered that he had ne+er been so !or

$$


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$)*. banish

e%pe, as i! by o!!icia decree

NOTES:

'ut 8 wi endea+our to banish e+ery pain!u thought, and think ony o! what wi make mehappy""your a!!ection, and the in+ariabe kindness o! my dear unce and aunt.

$). awkward

acking grace or ski in manner or mo+ement or per!ormance

NOTES:

Ei3abeth Buiety answered #Gndoubtedy;# and a!ter an awkward pause, they returned to the

rest o! the !amiy.

$)7. depress

press down

NOTES:

8t soothed, but it coud not consoe her !or the contempt which had thus been se!"attracted by

the rest o! her !amiy; and as she considered that 5anes disappointment had in !act been the

work o! her nearest reations, and re!ected how materiay the c

$)9. con+ince

make >someone? agree, understand, or reai3e the truth or +aidity o! something

NOTES:




time con+inced that when /hares get

$). appro+e

udge to be right or commendabe; think we o!

NOTES:

She highy appro+ed his !orbearance, and they had eisure !or a !u discussion o! it, and !or a

the commendation which they ci+iy bestowed on each other, as 2ickham and another o!!icer

waked back with them to @ongbourn, and during the wak he

$)


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put into a proper or systematic order

NOTES:

8t was rather sma, but we buit and con+enient; and e+erything was !itted up and arranged with

a neatness and consistency o! which Ei3abeth ga+e /harotte a the credit.

$*=. incredibe

beyond beie! or understanding

NOTES:

4o you think it incredibe that &r. /oins shoud be abe to procure any womans good opinion,

because he was not so happy as to succeed with youD#

$*1. amiabe

di!!using warmth and !riendiness

NOTES:

This was +ery amiabe, but /harottes kindness e%tended !arther than Ei3abeth had any

conception o!; its obect was nothing ese than to secure her !rom any return o! &r. /oinss

addresses, by engaging them towards herse!.

$*$. occurrence

an instance o! something occurring

NOTES:

&r. 2ickhams society was o! materia ser+ice in dispeing the goom which the ate per+erse

occurrences had thrown on many o! the @ongbourn !amiy.

$*). acBuire

come into the possession o! something concrete or abstract

NOTES:

#8 am the ess surprised at what has happened,# repied Sir 2iiam, #!rom that knowedge o!

what the manners o! the great reay are, which my situation in i!e has aowed me to acBuire.

$**. ray

gather

NOTES:


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&rs. ardiner then raied her niece on 2ickhams desertion, and compimented her on bearing

it so we.

$*. prior

earier in time

NOTES:




$*7. incapabe

>!oowed by Ho!? acking capacity or abiity

NOTES:

/aroine is incapabe o! wi!uy decei+ing anyone; and a that 8 can hope in this case is that she

is decei+ing herse!.#

$*9. resentment

a !eeing o! deep and bitter anger and i"wi

NOTES:

Ei3abeth had hoped that his resentment might shorten his +isit, but his pan did not appear in

the east a!!ected by it.

$*. restraint

the act o! controing by restraining someone or something

NOTES:

'etween Ei3abeth and /harotte there was a restraint which kept them mutuay sient on the

subect; and Ei3abeth !et persuaded that no rea con!idence coud e+er subsist between them

again.

$*


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$=. grati!y

make happy or satis!ied

NOTES:

#&y dear madam,# he repied, #this in+itation is particuary grati!ying, because it is what 8 ha+ebeen hoping to recei+e; and you may be +ery certain that 8 sha a+ai myse! o! it as soon as

possibe.#

$1. in+o+e

contain as a part

NOTES:

(ad his own happiness, howe+er, been the ony sacri!ice, he might ha+e been aowed to sport

with it in whate+er manner he thought best, but her sisters was in+o+ed in it, as she thought he

must be sensibe himse!.

$$. uneasy

causing or !raught with or showing an%iety

NOTES:

2ithout supposing them, !rom what she saw, to be +ery seriousy in o+e, their pre!erence o!

each other was pain enough to make her a itte uneasy; and she reso+ed to speak to Ei3abeth

on the subect be!ore she e!t (ert!ordshire, and represent

$). engage

consume a o! ones attention or time

NOTES:



sisters partiaity is not miseading me, 8 think, when 8 ca /hare

$*. detain

cause to be sowed down or deayed

NOTES:

&r. 'ingey wi not be detained in @ondon by them.#

$. Buai!y

describe or portray the character or the Buaities or pecuiarities o!


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NOTES:

#0erhaps,# said 4arcy, #8 shoud ha+e udged better, had 8 sought an introduction; but 8 am i"

Buai!ied to recommend myse! to strangers.#

$7. ament

a cry o! sorrow and grie!

NOTES:

A!ter break!ast, the girs waked to &eryton to inBuire i! &r. 2ickham were returned, and to

ament o+er his absence !rom the Nether!ied ba.

$9. reso+e

!ind the soution

NOTES:

She then read the !irst sentence aoud, which comprised the in!ormation o! their ha+ing ust

reso+ed to !oow their brother to town directy, and o! their meaning to dine in ros+enor Street,

where &r. (urst had a house.

$. reie+e

!ree !rom a burden, e+i, or distress

NOTES:

The younger girs !ormed hopes o! coming out a year or two sooner than they might otherwiseha+e done; and the boys were reie+ed !rom their apprehension o! /harottes dying an od

maid.

$


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The promised etter o! thanks !rom &r. /oins arri+ed on Tuesday, addressed to their !ather,

and written with a the soemnity o! gratitude which a twe+emonths abode in the !amiy might

ha+e prompted.

$71. con+ey

transmit or ser+e as the medium !or transmission

NOTES:

The +ery !irst sentence con+eyed the assurance o! their being a setted in @ondon !or the

winter, and concuded with her brothers regret at not ha+ing had time to pay his respects to his

!riends in (ert!ordshire be!ore he e!t the country.

$7$. oppose

be against; e%press opposition to

NOTES:

'ut, whate+er may be their own wishes, it is +ery unikey they shoud ha+e opposed their

brothers.

$7). atered

changed in !orm or character without becoming something ese

NOTES:

2hen she did come, it was +ery e+ident that she had no peasure in it; she made a sight, !orma

apoogy, !or not caing be!ore, said not a word o! wishing to see me again, and was in e+eryrespect so atered a creature, that when she went away 8

$7*. di+ide

a serious disagreement between two groups o! peope >typicay producing tension or hostiity?

NOTES:

(er heart was di+ided between concern !or her sister, and resentment against a others.

$7. !ancied

!ormed or concei+ed by the imagination

NOTES:

As he spoke there was a sort o! smie which Ei3abeth !ancied she understood; he must be

supposing her to be thinking o! 5ane and Nether!ied, and she bushed as she answered:

#8 do not mean to say that a woman may not be setted too near her !ami


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$77. eegant

re!ined and taste!u in appearance or beha+ior or stye

NOTES:

The en+eope contained a sheet o! eegant, itte, hot"pressed paper, we co+ered with a adys!air, !owing hand; and Ei3abeth saw her sisters countenance change as she read it, and saw

her dweing intenty on some particuar passages.

$79. signi!y

denote or connote

NOTES:

'esides, it wi not much signi!y what one wears this summer, a!ter the """" shire ha+e e!t

&eryton, and they are going in a !ortnight.#

$7. attribute

an abstraction beonging to or characteristic o! an entity

NOTES:

#8 am !ar !rom attributing any part o! &r. 'ingeys conduct to design,# said Ei3abeth; #but

without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error, and there may

be misery.

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NOTES:




$9$. eisure

time a+aiabe !or ease and rea%ation

NOTES:




$9). incination

the act o! incining; bending !orward

NOTES:

8n as short a time as &r. /oinss ong speeches woud aow, e+erything was setted between

them to the satis!action o! both; and as they entered the house he earnesty entreated her to

name the day that was to make him the happiest o! men; and though s

$9*. concude

bring to a cose

NOTES:




time con+inced that when /hares get

$9. cherish

be !ond o!; be attached to

NOTES:

'ut when this subect was succeeded by his account o! &r. 2ickham""when she read with

somewhat cearer attention a reation o! e+ents which, i! true, must o+erthrow e+ery cherished

opinion o! his worth, and which bore so aarming an a!!inity to his

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>medicine? any sensation or change in bodiy !unction that is e%perienced by a patient and is

associated with a particuar disease

NOTES:

/oud there be !iner symptomsD

$99. imposed

set !orth authoritati+ey as obigatory

NOTES:

To Ei3abeth, howe+er, he +ountariy acknowedged that the necessity o! his absence had been

se!"imposed.

$9. persuade

cause somebody to adopt a certain position, beie!, or course o! action; twist somebodys arm

NOTES:

To these high!own e%pressions Ei3abeth istened with a the insensibiity o! distrust; and

though the suddenness o! their remo+a surprised her, she saw nothing in it reay to ament; it

was not to be supposed that their absence !rom Nether!ied woud

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(e car+ed, and ate, and praised with deighted aacrity; and e+ery dish was commended, !irst by

him and then by Sir 2iiam, who was now enough reco+ered to echo whate+er his son"in"aw

said, in a manner which Ei3abeth wondered @ady /atherine cou

$$. !ormidabe

e%tremey impressi+e in strength or e%ceence

NOTES:

Such !ormidabe accounts o! her adyship, and her manner o! i+ing, Buite !rightened &aria

@ucas who had been itte used to company, and she ooked !orward to her introduction at

osings with as much apprehension as her !ather had done to his pres

$). indi!!erent

marked by a ack o! interest

NOTES:

She hated ha+ing +isitors in the house whie her heath was so indi!!erent, and o+ers were o! a

peope the most disagreeabe.

$*. persist

be persistent, re!use to stop

NOTES:

8n the !irst pace, she persisted in disbeie+ing the whoe o! the matter; secondy, she was +ery

sure that &r. /oins had been taken in; thirdy, she trusted that they woud ne+er be happytogether; and !ourthy, that the match might be broken o!

$. caution

udiciousness in a+oiding harm or danger

NOTES:

#&y dear sir,# repied &r. /oins, #8 am particuary obiged to you !or this !riendy caution, and

you may depend upon my not taking so materia a step without her adyships concurrence.#

$7. comprehend

get the meaning o! something

NOTES:

8 do not at a comprehend her reason !or wishing to be intimate with me; but i! the same

circumstances were to happen again, 8 am sure 8 shoud be decei+ed again.


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$9. pursue

!oow in or as i! in pursuit

NOTES:

The subect was pursued no !arther, and the gentemen soon a!terwards went away.

$. soitary

o! pants and animas; not growing or i+ing in groups or coonies

NOTES:

(e ne+er said a great dea, nor did she gi+e herse! the troube o! taking or o! istening much;

but it struck her in the course o! their third rencontre that he was asking some odd unconnected

Buestions""about her peasure in being at (uns!ord, her o+e

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(e had ruined !or a whie e+ery hope o! happiness !or the most a!!ectionate, generous heart in

the word; and no one coud say how asting an e+i he might ha+e in!icted.

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2hen she did come, it was +ery e+ident that she had no peasure in it; she made a sight, !orma

apoogy, !or not caing be!ore, said not a word o! wishing to see me again, and was in e+ery

respect so atered a creature, that when she went away 8

)=*. re+enge

action taken in return !or an inury or o!!ense

NOTES:

&r. 2ickhams chie! obect was unBuestionaby my sisters !ortune, which is thirty thousand

pounds; but 8 cannot hep supposing that the hope o! re+enging himse! on me was a strong

inducement.

)=. beha!

as the agent o! or on someones part >usuay e%pressed as #on beha! o!# rather than #in beha!

o!#?

NOTES:

8 need not e%pain myse! !arther; and though we know this an%iety to be Buite needess, yet i!

she !ees it, it wi easiy account !or her beha+iour to me; and so deser+edy dear as he is to his

sister, whate+er an%iety she must !ee on his beha!

)=7. reie+ed

>o! pain or sorrow? made easier to bear

NOTES:

The younger girs !ormed hopes o! coming out a year or two sooner than they might otherwise

ha+e done; and the boys were reie+ed !rom their apprehension o! /harottes dying an od

maid.

)=9. instruct

impart skis or knowedge to

NOTES:

&r. /oins was care!uy instructing them in what they were to e%pect, that the sight o! such

rooms, so many ser+ants, and so spendid a dinner, might not whoy o+erpower them.

)=. assurance

a binding commitment to do or gi+e or re!rain !rom something

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The +ery !irst sentence con+eyed the assurance o! their being a setted in @ondon !or the

winter, and concuded with her brothers regret at not ha+ing had time to pay his respects to his

!riends in (ert!ordshire be!ore he e!t the country.

)=o!ten interacti+e? deaing with some particuar topic

NOTES:

(ere conseBuenty was an ine%haustibe subect o! discourse.

)1=. i+ey

!u o! i!e and energy

NOTES:

2e must not e%pect a i+ey young man to be aways so guarded and circumspect.

)11. rude

beonging to an eary stage o! technica de+eopment; characteri3ed by simpicity and >o!ten?

crudeness

NOTES:

A week eapsed be!ore she coud see Ei3abeth without scoding her, a month passed away

be!ore she coud speak to Sir 2iiam or @ady @ucas without being rude, and many months were

gone be!ore she coud at a !orgi+e their daughter.

)1$. e%amine

obser+e, check out, and ook o+er care!uy or inspect

NOTES:

2hen, a!ter e%amining the mother, in whose countenance and deportment she soon !ound

some resembance o! &r. 4arcy, she turned her eyes on the daughter, she coud amost ha+e

oined in &arias astonishment at her being so thin and so sma.

)1). reproach

e%press criticism towards

NOTES:





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)1*. grate!u

!eeing or showing gratitude

NOTES:

'ut Ei3abeth had now recoected herse!, and making a strong e!!ort !or it, was abe to assurewith toerabe !irmness that the prospect o! their reationship was highy grate!u to her, and that

she wished her a imaginabe happiness.

)1. percei+e

to become aware o! through the senses

NOTES:

&iss @ucas percei+ed him !rom an upper window as he waked towards the house, and instanty

set out to meet him accidentay in the ane.

)17. preudice

a partiaity that pre+ents obecti+e consideration o! an issue or situation

NOTES:

2ith a strong preudice against e+erything he might say, she began his account o! what had

happened at Nether!ied.

)19. ide

not in action or at work

NOTES:

Those who chose to be ide, certainy might.#

)1. gratitude

a !eeing o! thank!uness and appreciation

NOTES:

#'eie+e me, my dear sir, my gratitude is warmy e%cited by such a!!ectionate attention; and

depend upon it, you wi speediy recei+e !rom me a etter o! thanks !or this, and !or e+ery other

mark o! your regard during my stay in (ert!ordshire.

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)$=. assure

in!orm positi+ey and with certainty and con!idence

NOTES:

'ut Ei3abeth had now recoected herse!, and making a strong e!!ort !or it, was abe to assure

with toerabe !irmness that the prospect o! their reationship was highy grate!u to her, and that

she wished her a imaginabe happiness.

)$1. contempt

ack o! respect accompanied by a !eeing o! intense disike

NOTES:

The idea o! his returning no more Ei3abeth treated with the utmost contempt.

)$$. esteem

the condition o! being honored >esteemed or respected or we regarded?

NOTES:

8 do not know whether 8 e+er be!ore mentioned to you my !eeings on this subect; but 8 wi not

ea+e the country without con!iding them, and 8 trust you wi not esteem them unreasonabe.

)$). prepare

make ready or suitabe or eBuip in ad+ance !or a particuar purpose or !or some use, e+ent, etc

NOTES:

Ei3abeth was prepared to see him in his gory; and she coud not hep in !ancying that in

dispaying the good proportion o! the room, its aspect and its !urniture, he addressed himse!

particuary to her, as i! wishing to make her !ee what she h

)$*. in+itation

a reBuest >spoken or written? to participate or be present or take part in something

NOTES:

#&y dear madam,# he repied, #this in+itation is particuary grati!ying, because it is what 8 ha+e

been hoping to recei+e; and you may be +ery certain that 8 sha a+ai myse! o! it as soon as

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)$. preser+e

keep in sa!ety and protect !rom harm, decay, oss, or destruction

NOTES:

#@et us be thank!u that you are preser+ed !rom a state o! such insensibiity.#

)$7. dispay

something intended to communicate a particuar impression

NOTES:

Ei3abeth was prepared to see him in his gory; and she coud not hep in !ancying that in

dispaying the good proportion o! the room, its aspect and its !urniture, he addressed himse!

particuary to her, as i! wishing to make her !ee what she h

)$9. bestow

gi+e as a gi!t

NOTES:




)$. boast

show o!!

NOTES:

8 ask ony a com!ortabe home; and considering &r. /oinss character, connection, and

situation in i!e, 8 am con+inced that my chance o! happiness with him is as !air as most peope

can boast on entering the marriage state.#

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To these high!own e%pressions Ei3abeth istened with a the insensibiity o! distrust; and

though the suddenness o! their remo+a surprised her, she saw nothing in it reay to ament; it

was not to be supposed that their absence !rom Nether!ied woud

))1. arri+e

reach a destination; arri+e by mo+ement or progress

NOTES:

'ut may we not hope that the period o! !uture happiness to which &iss 'ingey ooks !orward

may arri+e earier than she is aware, and that the deight!u intercourse you ha+e known as

!riends wi be renewed with yet greater satis!action as sisters

))$. purchase

obtain by purchase; acBuire by means o! a !inancia transaction

NOTES:

8mportance may sometimes be purchased too deary.

))). +ary

become di!!erent in some particuar way, without permanenty osing ones or its !ormer

characteristics or essence

NOTES:

The !ar and the near must be reati+e, and depend on many +arying circumstances.

))*. sette

become reso+ed, !i%ed, estabished, or Buiet

NOTES:

8n as short a time as &r. /oinss ong speeches woud aow, e+erything was setted between

them to the satis!action o! both; and as they entered the house he earnesty entreated her to

name the day that was to make him the happiest o! men; and t

)). deighted

greaty peased

NOTES:

8t was spoken o! again whie they were at dinner, when &r. /oins oining in, obser+ed:

#Ces, &iss Ei3abeth, you wi ha+e the honour o! seeing @ady /atherine de 'ourgh on the

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))7. percei+ed

detected by instinct or in!erence rather than by recogni3ed perceptua cues

NOTES:

&iss @ucas percei+ed him !rom an upper window as he waked towards the house, and instantyset out to meet him accidentay in the ane.

))9. disposition

your usua mood

NOTES:

8 am sorry !or her, because, with her disposition, she may not get o+er it immediatey.

)). con!irm

strengthen or make more !irm

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#Cou must decide !or yourse!,# said Ei3abeth; #and i!, upon mature deiberation, you !ind that

the misery o! disobiging his two sisters is more than eBui+aent to the happiness o! being his

wi!e, 8 ad+ise you by a means to re!use him.#

)*$. a!!ected

acted upon; in!uenced

NOTES:

Ei3abeth had hoped that his resentment might shorten his +isit, but his pan did not appear in

the east a!!ected by it.

)*). pause

cease an action temporariy

NOTES:

#8t is unucky,# said she, a!ter a short pause, #that you shoud not be abe to see your !riends

be!ore they ea+e the country.

)**. recommend

e%press a good opinion o!

NOTES:

8 am going to"morrow where 8 sha !ind a man who has not one agreeabe Buaity, who has

neither manner nor sense to recommend him.

)*. eder

a person who is oder than you are

NOTES:

The younger ones out be!ore the eder ones are married-

)*7. steady

securey in position; not shaky

NOTES:




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in ike or simiar manner

NOTES:



its success might be known ikewise; !or though !e

)*. assert

to decare or a!!irm soemny and !ormay as true

NOTES:

'ut, my dear sister, though the e+ent has pro+ed you right, do not think me obstinate i! 8 sti

assert that, considering what her beha+iour was, my con!idence was as natura as your

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4oes it not e%pressy decare that /aroine neither e%pects nor wishes me to be her sister; that

she is per!ecty con+inced o! her brothers indi!!erence; and that i! she suspects the nature o! my

!eeings !or him, she means >most kindy-? to put m

)). reser+e

hod back or set aside, especiay !or !uture use or contingency

NOTES:

8 wi ha+e no reser+es !rom you.#

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