Pride and Prejudice Vocab list 1

1. affectation (n.) - a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

2. approbation (n.) - official recognition or commendation

3. celerity (n.) - a rate that is rapid

4. censure (v.) - rebuke formally

5. epigram (n.) - witty saying that can stand alone in meaning

6. expostulation (n.) - an exclamation of protest, opposition, or criticism

7. fortnight (n.) - period of 14 days; two weeks

8. genteel (adj.) - marked by refinement in taste and manners

9. gentry (n.) - well-born and well-bred people but a class below the nobility

10. indolent (adj.) - disinclined to work or exertion

11. mien (n.) - a person’s appearance, manner, demeanor

12. paltry (adj.) - not worth considering

13. panegyric (adj.) - a formal expression of praise

14. pedantic (adj.) - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning