P&P Vocab, Vol. I

Question 1

Abatement

Answer 1

Cessation; end

Question 2

Affability

Answer 2

Friendliness

Question 3

Affectation

Answer 3

To put on a false appearance; being artificial

Question 4

Alacrity

Answer 4

cheerful readiness

Question 5

Approbation

Answer 5

Approval

Question 6

Asperity

Answer 6

Harshness of tone

Question 7

Assail

Answer 7

to attack

Question 8

Assiduous

Answer 8

showing great care and perseverance

Question 9

Avowal

Answer 9

formal declaration of something one believes, admits, supports, or promises

Question 10

Beaux

Answer 10

eligible young men

Question 11

Benevolence

Answer 11

having the quality of kindness

Question 12

Blowsy

Answer 12

Disheveled; unkempt; messy

Question 13

Caprice

Answer 13

Sudden change in behavior

Question 14

Celerity

Answer 14

swiftness of movement

Question 15

Chaise

Answer 15

two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

Question 16

Circumspection

Answer 16

uncertainty or wariness

Question 17

Complaisance

Answer 17

having a tendency to please others or consent to their wishes

Question 18

Complacent

Answer 18

smugly pleased with oneself

Question 19

Conciliatory

Answer 19

tending to pacify people, or put them at ease; making people less angry

Question 20

Concurrence

Answer 20

a state of agreement

Question 21

Coquetry

Answer 21

flirtation

Question 22

Countenance

Answer 22

a person’s facial expression

Question 23

Derision

Answer 23

Ridicule

Question 24

Diffidence

Answer 24

Shyness

Question 25

Disapprobation

Answer 25

moral disapproval; condemnation

Question 26

Dissemble

Answer 26

to lie, concealing one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs

Question 27

Diversion

Answer 27

the act of turning away from

Question 28

Eclat

Answer 28

splendor

Question 29

Effusion

Answer 29

an act of speaking without constraint

Question 30

Enumerate

Answer 30

to count off in numbers

Question 31

Fastidious

Answer 31

Difficult to please

Question 32

Felicitations

Answer 32

joyous explanations

Question 33

Felicity

Answer 33

joy; bliss

Question 34

Filial

Answer 34

of or due from a son or daughter

Question 35

Forbearing

Answer 35

patient

Question 36

Fortnight

Answer 36

period of two weeks

Question 37

Gallantry

Answer 37

having noble or heroic manners

Question 38

Gravity

Answer 38

seriousness; solemnity

Question 39

Hauteur

Answer 39

arrogant superiority

Question 40

Impertinent

Answer 40

rude

Question 41

Importune

Answer 41

to annoy

Question 42

Impute

Answer 42

to attribute; to represent as being from someone

Question 43

Incumbent

Answer 43

necessary as a duty

Question 44

Indolent

Answer 44

lazy

Question 45

Iniquitous

Answer 45

sinful

Question 46

Insipid

Answer 46

dull

Question 47

Insolent

Answer 47

rude and disrespectful

Question 48

Indignant

Answer 48

angry or annoyed about a perceived unfair treatment

Question 49

Injunction

Answer 49

a command; order

Question 50

Interested

Answer 50

having something at stake

Question 51

Laconic

Answer 51

marked by few words

Question 52

Laity

Answer 52

laypeople

Question 53

Languor

Answer 53

having lethargy; being sluggish, or lacking energy from fatigue

Question 54

Monotonous

Answer 54

having no variatino

Question 55

Odious

Answer 55

extremely unpleasant

Question 56

Paltry

Answer 56

small; meager

Question 57

Panegyric

Answer 57

a speech consisting of self-praise

Question 58

Peevish

Answer 58

ill-tempered

Question 59

Phaeton

Answer 59

four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

Question 60

Pompous

Answer 60

acting irritatingly grand or self-important

Question 61

Precipitance

Answer 61

haste without warning

Question 62

Preferment

Answer 62

promotion

Question 63

Presume

Answer 63

to act boldly

Question 64

Precipitate

Answer 64

to cause to happen prematurely

Question 65

Pretention

Answer 65

the use of affectation (fakeness) to impress

Question 66

Probity

Answer 66

moral principles

Question 67

Propitious

Answer 67

showing a favorable outcome

Question 68

Purport

Answer 68

meaning

Question 69

Raptures

Answer 69

emotional exclamations

Question 70

Rectitude

Answer 70

moral righteousness

Question 71

Regimentals

Answer 71

uniforms

Question 72

Reproach

Answer 72

expression of disapproval

Question 73

Singular

Answer 73

remarkable

Question 74

Solemnity

Answer 74

seriousness

Question 75

Solicitude

Answer 75

care or concern

Question 76

Steward

Answer 76

person employed to look after one's property

Question 77

Surmise

Answer 77

to guess

Question 78

Supercilious

Answer 78

acting or appearing to be superior to others

Question 79

Unaffected

Answer 79

honest

Question 80

Upbraiding

Answer 80

finding fault

Question 81

Veracity

Answer 81

truthfulness

Question 82

Vexation

Answer 82

annoyance