Pride & Prejudice 16-30 Flashcards

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Celerity

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Swiftness of movement, speed

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Disconcerted

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Embarrassed, frustrated, confused,

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Implacable

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Unable to be appeased, refusing to be reconciled

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Assiduous

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Dilligent, busy, unremitting

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Veneration

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Feeling of deep respect, honor

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Dissemble

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To hide ones feeling, thoughts or motives

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Felicitations

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A formal expression of good wishes, congratulations

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Probity

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Integrity, rectitude, honesty

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Veracity

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Truthfulness, correctness, accuracy

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Condescension

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Pleasantness to ones inferiors in rank

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Volatile

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Changeable, unstable, likely to break out into violence

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Trepidation

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Nervous dread, apprehension, involuntary trembling

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous, doubtful, having two or more meanings

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Ostentatious

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Done for display, pretentious, showing off

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Iniquitous

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Very unjust, wicked

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