Pride and Prejudice
Vocabulary

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She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. Darcy;

benevolence = kindness or generosity

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...his pride and caprice were the cause, of all that Jane had suffered, and still continued to suffer.

caprice = impulsive behavior

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You will be censured, slighted, and despised, by everyone connected with him.

censured = criticized

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Jane met her with a smile of such sweet complacency, a glow of such happy expression, as sufficiently marked how well she was satisfied with the occurrences of the evening.

complacency = contentment (happiness)

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Her ladyship, with great condescension, arose to receive them;

condescension = doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity

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It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture.

conjecture = conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence

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Wilfully and wantonly to have thrown off the companion of my youth, the acknowledged favourite of my father, a young man who had scarcely any other dependence than on our patronage, and who had been brought up to expect its exertion, would be a depravity,

depravity = immoral or evil act

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[the world's] derision for disappointed hopes

derision = disrespect — typically while laughing at or making fun of

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If I were not afraid of judging harshly, I should be almost tempted to say that there is a strong appearance of duplicity in all this.

duplicity = deception

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I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.

entreat = ask

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It had been settled in the evening between the aunt and the niece, that such a striking civility as Miss Darcy's in coming to see them on the very day of her arrival at Pemberley, for she had reached it only to a late breakfast, ought to be imitated, though it could not be equalled, by some exertion of politeness on their side; and, consequently, that it would be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberley the following morning.

expedient = practical

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he listened to all their impertinence with the most forbearing courtesy.

forbearing = patient and tolerant

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But that expression of "violently in love" is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.

hackneyed = lacking in impact due to too much previous exposure

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Her pale face and impetuous manner made him start, and before he could recover himself to speak, she...

impetuous = impulsive

(editor's note:  In this context, "made him start" means "startled him".)

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he was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards;

indolent = lazy

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They were then, with no other delay than his pointing out the neatness of the entrance, taken into the house; and as soon as they were in the parlour, he welcomed them a second time, with ostentatious formality to his humble abode,

ostentatious = intended to impress others

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She could only imagine, however, at last that she drew his notice because there was something more wrong and reprehensible, according to his ideas of right, than in any other person present.

reprehensible = bad and unacceptable

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Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.

sagacity = wisdom