P&P Vocab, Vol. I Flashcards
Abatement
Cessation; end
Affability
Friendliness
Affectation
To put on a false appearance; being artificial
Alacrity
cheerful readiness
Approbation
Approval
Asperity
Harshness of tone
Assail
to attack
Assiduous
showing great care and perseverance
Avowal
formal declaration of something one believes, admits, supports, or promises
Beaux
eligible young men
Benevolence
having the quality of kindness
Blowsy
Disheveled; unkempt; messy
Caprice
Sudden change in behavior
Celerity
swiftness of movement
Chaise
two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
Circumspection
uncertainty or wariness
Complaisance
having a tendency to please others or consent to their wishes
Complacent
smugly pleased with oneself
Conciliatory
tending to pacify people, or put them at ease; making people less angry
Concurrence
a state of agreement
Coquetry
flirtation
Countenance
a person’s facial expression
Derision
Ridicule
Diffidence
Shyness
Disapprobation
moral disapproval; condemnation
Dissemble
to lie, concealing one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs
Diversion
the act of turning away from
Eclat
splendor
Effusion
an act of speaking without constraint
Enumerate
to count off in numbers
Fastidious
Difficult to please
Felicitations
joyous explanations
Felicity
joy; bliss
Filial
of or due from a son or daughter
Forbearing
patient
Fortnight
period of two weeks
Gallantry
having noble or heroic manners
Gravity
seriousness; solemnity
Hauteur
arrogant superiority
Impertinent
rude
Importune
to annoy
Impute
to attribute; to represent as being from someone
Incumbent
necessary as a duty
Indolent
lazy
Iniquitous
sinful
Insipid
dull
Insolent
rude and disrespectful
Indignant
angry or annoyed about a perceived unfair treatment
Injunction
a command; order
Interested
having something at stake
Laconic
marked by few words
Laity
laypeople
Languor
having lethargy; being sluggish, or lacking energy from fatigue
Monotonous
having no variatino
Odious
extremely unpleasant
Paltry
small; meager
Panegyric
a speech consisting of self-praise
Peevish
ill-tempered
Phaeton
four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
Pompous
acting irritatingly grand or self-important
Precipitance
haste without warning
Preferment
promotion
Presume
to act boldly
Precipitate
to cause to happen prematurely
Pretention
the use of affectation (fakeness) to impress
Probity
moral principles
Propitious
showing a favorable outcome
Purport
meaning
Raptures
emotional exclamations
Rectitude
moral righteousness
Regimentals
uniforms
Reproach
expression of disapproval
Singular
remarkable
Solemnity
seriousness
Solicitude
care or concern
Steward
person employed to look after one’s property
Surmise
to guess
Supercilious
acting or appearing to be superior to others
Unaffected
honest
Upbraiding
finding fault
Veracity
truthfulness
Vexation
annoyance