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P&P Vocab 1
Pride & Prejudice vocab 1-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| scrupulous | diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details |
| fastidious | hard to please; excessively critical or demanding. |
| candor | the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness |
| supercilious | haughtily disdainful |
| entail (see notes at end of novel) | a settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group. |
| mercenary | (derogatory) primarily concerned with making money at expense of others |
| insipid (27, 365) | lacking vigor or interest |
| felicity (30, 59, 109) | intense happiness |
| indolent (35) | lazy |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| propitious (58) | favorable |
| laconic (59) | using very few words |
| impertinent (61, 359) | rude; not showing proper respect |
| deference (62) | humble submission & respect |
| affable (65) | friendly, good-natured, easy to talk to |
| venerate (69) | to regard with great respect, revere |
| obsequious (69, 362) | obedient or attentive to a servile degree |
| veracity (84) | habitual truthfulness |
| languor (10) | state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia |
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