Pride And Prejudice· Chapter 14· Ⅱ
obeisance: the fact of obeying or respecting someone, or something you do that expresses this
eg. Mr. Collins had been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance.
import: to introduce good news, customs, or ideas to one country from another
eg. To Rosings he then hastened to console Lady Catherine and her daughter; and on his return brought back, with great satisfaction, a message from her Ladyship, importing that she felt herslef so dull to make her very desirous of having them all to dine with her.
diminution: reduction in size or importance
eg. Their first subject was the diminution of the Rosing's party.
resigned: accepting that something you do not like will happen because you cannot change it
eg. Lady Catherine seemed resigned.
discreditable: causing or likely to cause a loss of respect for a person, group, or idea
eg. It would really be discreditable to you to let them go alone.
upbraid: to forcefully or angrily tell someone they should not have done a particular thing and criticize them for having done it
eg. When she considered how unjustly she had condemed and upbraided him, her anger was turned against herself.
chagrin: disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake
eg. In her own past behaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret; and in the unhappy defects of her family, a subject of yet heavier chagrin.
giddiness: a silly, happy, excited feeling that shows in your behaviour
eg. Her father, contented with laughing at them, would never exert himself to restrain the wild giddiness of his youngest daughters.
irritable: becoming annoyed very easily
eg. Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice.
replete: full, especially with food
indecorum: behaviour that is rude, not controlled, or against accepted social customs
eg. How grievous then was the thought that, of a situation so desirable in every respect, so replete with advantage, so promising for happiness, Jane had been deprived, by the folly and indecorum of her own family!