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Memoria Press Pride and Prejudice > Volume I > Flashcards

Volume I Flashcards

1
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the quality of being full of life or attractively lively

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vivacity

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lively eagerness; readiness

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alacrity

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dullness; boredom

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insipidity

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preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

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prejudice

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idle; lazy

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indolent

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a command or directive

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injunction

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uproar, as from a crowd

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tumult

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whim; impulsive change of mind or behavior

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caprice

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a military uniform

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regimentals

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listing; itemizing

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enumerating

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excessively critical; hard to please

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fastidious

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12
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truthfulness; integrity

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veracity

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13
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admirable; worthy of respect

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estimable

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inclination; tendency

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propensity

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15
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facial expression

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countenance

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16
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a private conversation between two people

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tête-à-tête

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17
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refer to; hint at

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allude

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18
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impossible to appease; unforgiving

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implacable

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the desire to do a kind act; charity

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benevolence

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without means of subsistence; poor

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destitute

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unspeakable; despicable

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odious

22
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outpouring of words; outbursts

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effusions

23
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strong moral disapproval

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disapprobation

24
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flattery; praises

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commendations

25
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personable; pleasant; friendly

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amiable

26
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in Meryton, catches the attention of every young lady

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George Wickham

27
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the reason why Elizabeth blushes when Mr. Collins asks Mrs. Bennet if he may speak with Elizabeth alone

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She is aware of an intended marriage

28
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the book Mr. Collins decides to read to the Bennet sisters

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Fordyce’s Sermons

29
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the favored parent of Elizabeth – intelligent and rife with perceptive sarcasm

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Mr. Bennet

30
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Named after the Prince Regent, George IV, this blended and opulent time is marked by great displays of wealth, leisure, and fine fashion.

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Regency Era

31
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Mrs. Bennet’s sole purpose in life

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the marriage of her five daughters

32
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stately, handsome, and wealthy; has a haughty and superior nature which alienates him from others

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Fitzwilliam Darcy

33
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the name of the fictitious house and small village where the Bennets live

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Longbourne

34
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This restricts property so that only males can inherit property. If there are no sons, the property is inherited by the next closes male relative.

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entail

35
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good-natured, handsome, and wealthy – greatly admired by all, yet it is impressionable and too easily influenced

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Charles Bingley

36
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

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This somewhat ambiguous famous line can be perceived as an example of irony

37
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will inherit Longbourn after Mr Bennet’s death

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Reverend William Collins

38
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A form of verbal irony in which, under the guise of praise, a caustic and bitter expression of strong and personal disapproval is given.

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sarcasm

39
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the estate of Darcy located near the fictional town of Lambton in Derbyshire

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Pemberly

40
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Loud and indifferent to most rules of social decorum, her brazenness is a continual embarrassment for Elizabeth and a mortification of Darcy

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Mrs. Bennet

41
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“Which do you mean?” and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, “She is tolerable: but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.”

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the conversation between Darcy and Bingley overheard by Elizabeth, which initially suggests that Darcy is cold, arrogant, and ungallant

42
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the friend and neighbor of Elizabeth; sensible and in general unaffected

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Charlotte Lucas

43
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any matter that implies a discrepancy, which can exist with words (when words say one thing but mean another), actions, situations, behaviors, opinions, etc.

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irony

44
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keeps Miss de Bourgh from having many accomplishments and from being presented at court

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ill health and sickly constitution

45
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The eldest Bennet daughter and the closest confidant and friend to Elizabeth, she is beautiful and benevolent.

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Jane Bennet

46
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Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object …

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alliteration

47
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often tries to provoke Darcy into disliking Elizabeth

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Caroline Bingley

48
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He has humiliated and shamed her pride.

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the reason Elizabeth gives for being unable to forgive Mr. Darcy’s pride

49
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the large estate rented by Mr. Bingley

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Netherfield

50
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bright-spirited and witty, and maintains the highest standards of propriety, which sets her apart from the other members of her family

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Elizabeth Bennet

Memoria Press Pride and Prejudice (3 decks)

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