decisive (adj.): So important as to determine what the result of something will be; pivotal or
determinative. One sudden and desolating change had taken place; but a thousand little circumstances might have by degrees worked other alterations, which although they were done more tranquilly, might not be less decisive (76).
intently (adv.): Done with a clear and deliberate intention; purposefully. I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me; I stood fixed, gazing intently: I could not be mistaken. A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly me (77).
conception (n.): An idea or concept; the act of thinking abstractly. Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? (78).
sentiment (n.): An emotion or feeling. Her garb was rustic, and her cheek pale; but there was an air of dignity and beauty, that hardly permitted the sentiment of pity (79).
acquit (v.): To decide that someone is not guilty of a crime. ‘She is to be tried today, and I hope, I sincerely hope, that she will be acquitted’ (81).
endow (v.): To provide someone with a certain personality trait or physical feature. Note: The verb endow is usually followed by the preposition with. We were soon joined by Elizabeth. Time had altered her since I last beheld her; it had endowed her with loveliness surpassing the beauty of her childish years (81).
exculpate (v.): To prove that someone is not guilty; to clear from alleged fault or guilt. A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine; but I was absent when it was committed, and such a declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman, and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me (83).
earnestly (adv.): Done in a sincere and serious state of mind. [W]hen one enquired where she had passed the night, she replied that she had been looking for the child and demanded earnestly if any thing had been heard concerning him (84).
irreproachable (adj.): Perfectly innocent; having no fault and deserving no blame. Elizabeth saw even this last resource, her excellent dispositions and irreproachable conduct, about to fail the accused, when, although violently agitated, she desired permission to address the court (85).
perpetrate (v.): To carry out a crime; to do something bad to others. ‘I thought with horror, my sweet lady, that you should believe your Justine, whom your blessed aunt had so highly honored and whom you loved, was a creature capable of a crime which none but the devil himself could have perpetrated’ (88).
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