Pride and Prejudice Vocabulary Part 2

Alacrity

promptness, readiness, cheerfulness (84)

Austerity

a stern and serious quality; a plain and simple quality (211)

Copse

grove of trees (201)

Coquetry

flirtatious attitude (76)

Decorum

propriety; good taste; orderliness (239)

Disapprobation

disapproval, condemnation (83)

Diffidence

shyness; showing reservation (72)

Laity

the parishioners (as opposed to clergy); the masses (67)

Languor

weakness; laziness; listlessness (71)

Licentiousness

lacking morals; disregard for correctness (198)

Assiduous

showing great care of effort (79)

Connubial

relating to marriage (209)

Dilatory

causing delay; slow; tardy (196)

Officious

meddlesome; offering assistance when it isn't needed; annoyingly authoritative (126)

Pecuniary

relating to money (173)

Prodigious

causing amazement or wonder; enormous (126)

Profligate

recklessly extravagant; wasteful (139)

Querulous

always complaining; whiny (161)

Sanguine

marked by hope or optimism; bloodred (color) (191)

Tractable

easily controlled; tame; malleable (125)