Pride And Prejudice Vocab

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chaise

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a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.

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opinion

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a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

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mien

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air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.

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intrepid

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resolutely fearless

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ragout

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a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.

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panegyric

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a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
or formal or elaborate praise.

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alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

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reprehensible

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deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

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iniquitous

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characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful.

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asperity

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1.
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.
2.
hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather.
3.
roughness of surface; unevenness.
4.
something rough or harsh.

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importune

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1.
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
2.
to make improper advances toward (a person).
3.
to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.

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implacable

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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

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entail

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to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret.
2.
to impose as a burden: Success entails hard work.

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hypocrytical

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a person who pretends to be what he is not

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mercenary

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working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
2.
hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc.
noun
3.
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
4.
any hireling.

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supercilious

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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

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propensity

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a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.

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tractable

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easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.

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laconic

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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.

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proprietary

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an owner

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pedantic

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ostentatious in one's learning.

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profligate

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utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
2.
recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

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insipid

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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:

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obsequious

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characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning

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acquiesce

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to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

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odious

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deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

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deference

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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another

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celerity

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swiftness; speed.

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condescension

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1.
an act or instance of condescending.
2.
behavior that is patronizing or condescending.
3.
voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior.

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assiduous

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constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.

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insolent

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boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.

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approbation

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approval; commendation.

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profuse

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spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in ): profuse praise.

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felicity

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happiness

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probity

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integrity and uprightness; honesty.

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dissemble

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to put on the appearance of; feign:

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effusion

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an unrestrained outpouring in speech or words