vocabulary



directions: Each of you has been assigned (in alphabetical order) two (or three) words. You must define the word (as used in the text of the story); include the sentence (or clause if the sentence is too long) in which the word is used from the text, the page number, and undeline the word. The number in the [ ]s is the chapter in which the word can be found. Most importantly, learn the words as the novel study progresses; do not wait until the night before the vocabulary quiz to learn 49 words!

**1.  **  **abhorrent [54] (yael) adj. being so repugnant as to stir up positive antagonism; __hateful__ pg. 322 "There is no indignity so __abhorrent__ to their feelings!"

2. abominate [57] (yael) v. to hate or loathe intensely; __loathe__ pg. 344 "Much as I __abominate__ writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration."

3. acquiescence [25] (andrew)  the act of acquiescing; __agreement__ acquiescing- to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively p.174 "  Elizabeth was exceedingly pleased with this proposal, and felt persuaded of her sister's ready acquiescence//"//** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">p. 67 "He had never seen anything but  <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">affability in her   "** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> pg. 40 "[Mr. Darcy] Whatever bears __affinity__ to cunning is despicable." d 6. affliction [48] (meg) n. a state of pain, __distress,__ or grief; misery pg. 281 "... to condole with you on the grievous __affliction__ you are now suffering under..."
 * 4. affability [14] (andrew)adj.**  **<span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_content">being pleasant and at ease in talking to others; __pleasantness__
 * 5. affinity [8] (meg) n. a natural liking or attraction to a person; __relationship__

7. austerity [51] (alex) n. quality or state of being stern or cold; somber; __severity__ pg. 298 "His countenance rather gained in __austerity__; and he scarcely opened his lips."

8. barbarous [55] (alex) adj. __uncivilized__ pg. 330 " [Mr. Bingley] "...coming frequently before breakfast, and always remaining till after supper; unless when some __barbarous__ neighbor.....had given him an invitation to dinner, which he thought himself obligated to accept."

9. candor [4] (morgan) n. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; __frankness__ ** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**pg. 8 "Affectation of __candour__ is common enough-one meets with it everywhere."

10. caprice [1] (morgan) n.** <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; __impulse__** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**pg. 2 "Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humor, reserve, and __caprice__ ...."

11. censuring [4] (morgan) v.** <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner; __reprimanding__** **<span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">pg. 8 "I would not wish to be hasty in __censuring__ anyone;..."

12. compatible [18] (nick)  capable of existing or living together in harmony; __suitable__ "if it were compatible with the secrecy which had been intended."**<span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">

"He was struggling for the appearance of composure, and would not open his lips..."** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> "she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort"** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Kitty and Lydia take his __defection__ much more to heart than I do (147). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : __[|desertion]__
 * 13. composure [34] (nick)**  **serene, self-controlled state of mind; __self-possession__
 * 14. conjugal [42] (nick)**  **of, pertaining to, or characteristic of marriage; __matrimonial__
 * 15. defection [26] (kaley)**

16. digressions [16] (kaley) In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional __digressions__ in praise of his own humble abode. . . (74)** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**the act of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">turning aside, especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument; __deviations__

17. encumbrance [40' (tom) something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance; __obstacle__ "Here was knowledge, in which no one could partake; and she had been sensible that nothing less than a perfect understanding between the parties could justify her in throwing off this last //__ encumbrance __// in mystery."

18. expedient [22] (tom) tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; __advantageous__ "....For she had reached it only to a late breakfast, ought to be imitated, though it could not be equalled, by some exertion of politness on their side; and, consequently, that it would be highly //__ expedient __//to wait on her at Pemberly the following morning."

22. forebearance [21] (jonathan) holding yourself back from sayong something; __restraint__ Elizabeth recieved them with all the __forebearence__ of civility...

23. implicit [18] (jonathan) implied but not expressed; __unquestioning__** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**Let me recommend you, however, as a friend, not to give __implicit__ confidence to all this assertions... pg 93**

**The quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet;** **__rashness__ "...and to assert that I had forfeited all claim to it by extravagance, __imprudence__, in short any thing or nothing." pg. 78** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **imposed as an obligation or duty;** **__obligatory__ "Elizabeth, feeling it __incumbent__ upon her to relieve him from so unpleasant a situation..." pg. 124** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **announcement; declaration;** **__hint__ "Mrs. Reynolds's respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this __intimation__ of her knowing her master."** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> "Mr. Darcy replied with great intrepidity." Pg.28**
 * 24. imprudence [45] (garrison)**
 * 25. incumbent [23] (garrison)**
 * 26. intimation [43] (garrison)**
 * 27. intrepidity [6] (manolo)**
 * fearless;** **__courage__

"....I think we may flatter ourselves that your Hunsford visit cannot have been entirely irksome." Pg.208** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**Also found the word in chapter 22 on page 120. "Mr. Collins to be sure was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome...."**
 * 28. irksome [38] (manolo)**
 * tedious; annoying;** **__tiresome__

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**people of the religious faith as distinguished from its clergy ;** **__laymen__ P 95 “…but permit me to say there must be a wide difference between the established forms of ceremony amongst the laity…” Mr. Collins**
 * 29. laity [18] (hannah)**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">**a movement of the body made in token of a respect or submission;** **__bow__ P 204 “The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning; and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance…”**
 * 30. obeisance [37] (hannah)**

"How many letters you must have occasion to write in the course of the year! Letters of business too! How __odious__ I should think them!''** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">  **"Elizabeth Bennet," said Miss Bingley, when the door was closed on her, "is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own; and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a __paltry__ device, a very mean art."** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **adj. relating to or involving money;** __**monetary**__   <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">** **"..., he hoped I should not think it be unreasonable for him to expect some more immediate __pecuniary__ advantage, in lieu of the preferment..." (195)**
 * 31. odious [19] (smiti)**
 * <span class="sense_content">arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance; __hateful__
 * 32. paltry [8] (smiti)**
 * inferior, trashy, mean, despicable, trivial, meager, __petty__**
 * 33. pecumiary [35] (katie)**

34. probity [18] (katie)** **complete and confirmed integrity; __virtue__** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">** **" ... but he will vouch for the good conduct, the __probity__ and honour of his friend, and is perfectly convinced that Mr. Wickham has deserved much less attention from Mr. Darcy than he has received;"(94)** 35. propensity [11] (maddie)** **<span class="sense_content">n. an often intense natural __inclination__ or preference "And //your// defect is a __propensity__ to hate every body." (57)** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **<span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_content">adj. favorably disposed ,** **__favorable__ "Her answer, therefore, was not __propitious__, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes for she was impatient to get home." (58)** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">
 * 36. propitious [12] (maddie)**
 * 37. propriety [6] (kelsey)** –noun
 * || **conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners; __correctness__** ||
 * "Mr. Darcy with grave __propriety__ requested to be allowed the honour of her hand; but in vain."**


 * 38. prudential [32] (kelsey)**adjective
 * || **of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence; __sensible__** ||
 * "She seems perfectly happy, however, and in a __prudential__ light, it is certainly a very good match for her."**

page 103 "You can hardly doubt the __purport__ of my discourse, however your natural delicacy may lead you to..." - Mr. Collins
 * 39. purport [19] (maryjane) noun - __meaning__ conveyed, professed, or implied

40. refute [35] (maryjane) verb - to prove wrong by argument or evidence; show to be false or erroneous; __disprove__**
 * page 194 .."of having injured Mr. Wickham, I can only __refute__ it by laying before you the whole of his connection ..."**

pg. 228 "[Mr. Bennet]...in exposing his wife to the contempt of her own children, was so highly __reprehensible__."
 * 41. reprehensible [42] (rachel) adj.-worthy of reprehension; __blameable__

42. sagacity [57] (rachel) n.-soundness of judgement;** **__wisdom__ pg. 342 "...but I think I may defy even your __sagacity__, to discover the name of your admirer."

43. sanguine [47] (richie)adj.- cheerfully __optimistic__, hopeful, or confident pg. 272 "The __sanguine__ hope of good, however, which the benevolence of her heart suggested, had not yet deserted her...

44. shrewish [45] (richie)adj.-continually complaining or faultfinding;** **__nagging__ pg. 258 "They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion which is intolerable.''**

<span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**pg. 11 "They attacked him in various ways; with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant __surmises__ ;"
 * 45. surmise [3] (callan) n.- an idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture; __guess__**

46. susceptibility [47] (callan) n.- the capacity to be affected by deep emotions or strong feelings; sensitivity; __responsiveness__** <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">**pg. 270 "...by thinking and talking on the subject to give greater--what shall I call it? __susceptibility__ to her feelings;

47. tractable [33] (callan)

48. unabated [58] (ryan) adj.-being at full strength or force; __unstopped__ pg. 350 "...and as i could easily percieve that his attachment to her was __unabated__."**  <span style="color: rgb(29,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">

pg. 97 "...Elizabeth blushed and blushed again with shame and __vexation__."**
 * 49. vexation [8] (ryan) n.-the act of harassing; a cause of trouble; __annoyance__

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