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Pride n Prej
units 1-3
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11th Grade
05/08/2011
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mean
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small-minded or ignoble
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deign
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to condescend; to lower oneself
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mien
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manner and appearance
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fastidious
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excessively particular; hard to please
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ostentation
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display intended to impress others
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ductility
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easily influenced or molded
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panegyric
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a tribute
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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precipitance
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hastey
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celerity
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swiftness
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approbation
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approval
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felicity
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happiness
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iniquitous
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wicked, sinful, injustice
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obsequious
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overly complimentary
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complaisant
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obliging to please
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implacable
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inflexible; relentless
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probity
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uprightness or integrity
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veracity
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truthfulness
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conciliatory
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interested in making ammends
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dissemble
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to pretend; to feign
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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diffidence
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hesitance; shy
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expedient
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advisable
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reconciled
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to become used to; to settle
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incredulous
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skeptical
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forbearing
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patient or controlled
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incumbent
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obligatory; required
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rectitude
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moral virtue
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odious
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hateful
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caprice
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whim; a sudden, unpredictable change
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extenuating
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imitigating
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acquiescence
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acceptance; to comply
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ablution
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bathing; a cleansing with water especially as a religious ritual
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minute
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trifling
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deference
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respectful submission or yielding to the will of another
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vexatious
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troublesome; annoying; disorderly
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phaeton
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4-wheeled carriage
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formidable
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causing fear or dread
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trepidation
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fear; tremor
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conciliating
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pacifying
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controvert
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to argue against; dispute
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capital
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excellent
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vindication
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to justify
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pecuniary
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of or pertaining to money
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partiality
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favoritism
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unassuming
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modest
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profligate
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debased; wicked
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infamous
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having an extremely bad reputation
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sanguine
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competent
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postilion
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a person who rides a horse-driven carriage
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dilatory
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tending to delay; tardy
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licentious
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immoral
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augment
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to increase
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requite
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make up for; to return for
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indolence
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slothful; laziness
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impute
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to attribute or ascribe
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size
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officious
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overly helpful
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rapacity
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inordinately greedy
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copse
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a thicket of small trees or bushes
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tacit
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implied
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importune
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to beg for urgently or persistently
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precipitate
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head-long
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insipid
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vapid; without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
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