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Pride and Prejudice Flashcards

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Candor

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The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech and expression; impartiality

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Ostentation

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Pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others

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Scrupulous

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Showing a strict regard for what one considers right (abiding by the rules); principled; careful, precise

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Solace

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Something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief

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Discretion

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The quality of being discreet; sense

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Circumspection

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Circumspect (watchful, discreet) observation or action; caution; prudence

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Emphatic

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Strongly expressive; using emphasis in speech or action

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Amend

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To change for the better; improve

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Unaffected

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Free from affectation; sincere; genuine; unpretentious

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Amiable

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Friendly, sociable; having pleasant, good-natured personal qualities

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Coutenance

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Appearance; the look or expression of the face

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Affectation

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An effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession; conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant

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Fastidious

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Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

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Civil

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Marked by benevolence; adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy

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Mortified

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Humiliated, shamed as by injury to one’s pride

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Supercilious(ness)

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Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression

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Felicity

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The state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss

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Indignation

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Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger

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Propriety

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Appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability; conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners

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Incredulous

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Unbelieving; skeptical

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Abhorrence

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A feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination

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Vexation

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Irritation, annoyance

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Impertinent

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Intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil

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Pedantic

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Ostentatious in one’s learning

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Solicitude

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Anxiety or concern

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Condescend

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To behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity; to stoop or deign to do something

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Approbation

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Approval; commendation

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Deference

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Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion

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Reproof

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The act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking; an expression of censure or rebuke

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Iniquitous

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Characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful.

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Commendation

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Praise

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Precipitate

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Done or made without sufficient deliberation; overhasty; rash

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Affability (Affable)

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Pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite

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Importune

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To annoy; to press (obsolete); to make improper advances (current)

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Veneration

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A feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence

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Obsequious(ness)

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Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; obedient; dutiful

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Cessation

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A temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

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Grandeur

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The quality or state of being… impressive or awesome; lofty or elevated in conception; exalted in some deliberate way

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Imprudent

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Not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash

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Diffidence

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The quality or state of being diffident (lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy)

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Assiduous

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Constant, unremitting

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Lament/Lamentation

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To feel or express sorrow or regret for (verb)/ a lament; an expression of grief or sorrow (noun)

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Ingenuity

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The quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness; ingenuousness

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Filial

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Of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter

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Disdain (ch 18)
A feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn

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A feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn

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Taciturn

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Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation

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Forbearance

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Patient endurance; self-control; tolerance

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