Pride and Prejudice Vocab 2

Acquiescence

The reluctant acceptance of something without protest

Artful

Clever or skillful

Asperity

Harshness of tone or manner

Atonement

Reparation for a wrong or injury

Ceremonious

Relating or appropriate to grand and formal occasions

Circumspect

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Corroborate

Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)

Dawdle

Waste time, be slow

Diffident

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Éclat

Brilliant display or effect

Exultation

Feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation

Gratify

Give pleasure or satisfaction

Implacability

Unable to be appeased or placated

Impute

Attribute or credit to

Incumbent

Necessary for someone as a duty or responsibility

Iniquitous

Grossly unfair and morally wrong

Injunction

An authoritative warning or order

Laconic

Using very few words

Laity

Lay people, as distinct from the clergy

Obsequiousness

Obedient or attentive in an excessive or servile degree

Paltry

Small or meager

Perverseness

Contrary to the accepted or expected standard

Placability

Easily calmed or pacified

Probity

The quality of having strong moral principles

Purport

Appear or claim to be or do something

Redress

Remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)

Repine

Feel or express discontent

Scruples

A feeling of doubt or hesitation about the morality or propriety of a course of action

Solemnity

The state or quality of being serious and dignified

Taciturn

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech

Variance

The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent