Pride and Prejudice

Question 1

Scrupulous (adj)

Answer 1

diligent, thorough, attention to detail

Question 2

Caprice (n)

Answer 2

Sudden, impulsive action

Question 3

Solace (n)

Answer 3

Comfort in a time of distress or sadness

Question 4

Deign (v)

Answer 4

Do something one believes to be beneath one’s ability

Question 5

Circumspection (n)

Answer 5

Wary, unwilling to take risks

Question 6

Emphatic (adj)

Answer 6

Expressing something forcibly or clearly

Question 7

Tumult (n)

Answer 7

Loud, confused noise (by large mass of people)

Question 8

Rapture (n)

Answer 8

Feeling or expression of pleasure or enthusiasm

Question 9

Surmise (v)

Answer 9

Suppose something is true without evidence to confirm

Question 10

Ascertain (v)

Answer 10

To find out for sure, make certain of

Question 11

Disconcerted (v)

Answer 11

Disturbed, unsettled

Question 12

Countenance (n)

Answer 12

A person’s face or facial expression

Question 13

Mien (n)

Answer 13

A person’s look or manner, indicating character or mood

Question 14

Amiable (adj)

Answer 14

Pleasant, friendly

Question 15

Insupportable (adj)

Answer 15

Unable to be supported or justified, intolerable

Question 16

Fastidious (adj)

Answer 16

Concerned, attentive to detail

Question 17

Cordial (adj)

Answer 17

Warm, friendly

Question 18

Censure (v)

Answer 18

Express severe disapproval of, typically in formal statement

Question 19

Candor (n)

Answer 19

Quality of being open, honest

Question 20

Ostentation (n)

Answer 20

Vulgar display of wealth to impress/for attention

Question 21

Pliancy (adj)

Answer 21

Bending readily, flexible, easily influenced

Question 22

Unassailed (v)

Answer 22

To attack vigorously or violently, assault

Question 23

Ductility (adj)

Answer 23

Able to undergo change of form without breaking, molded