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seminal
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adj. original, contributing to later development
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think "semen"
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recuperate
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v. to get back and recover as in health/strength
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regent
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n. one who rules during the absence of the sovereign
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proprietary
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adj. characteristic of a business owner
-made and sold by one with the sole right to do so |
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reconcile
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v. to adjust or settle differences
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attest
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v. to certify as genuine, testify
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scanty
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adj. not sufficient
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efficacy
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n. effectiveness
"I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" (page 44). |
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insularity
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n. narrow-mindedness
"class-conscious insularity" (intro) -isolation: situated on an island |
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rector
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n. a priest or minister in charge of a parish
-Jane Austen's father was the rector of Steventon, a parish in England. |
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parsonage
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n. house provided by a church for its pastor
-Austen was born in a parsonage. |
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upheaval
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n. violent agitation/change
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microcosm
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n. an individual or community thought of as a mini-world
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micro=mini
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gentry
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n. in England, the class between the nobility and yeomantry
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yeoman
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n. one of a class of English estate-owners (freeholders) below the gentry
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yeo man, i'm down here!
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felicity
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n. the quality or state of being happy
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fidelity
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n.
-quality/state of being faithful -accuracy |
the insurance company fidelity!
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