Pride And Prejudice· Chapter 21
peevish: easily annoyed
eg. Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it. and occasionally from some peevish allusion of her mother.
dejection: the feeling of being unhappy, disappointed, or without? hope
eg. As for the gentlemen himself, his feelings were chiefly expressed, not by embarrassment or dejection, or by trying to avoid her, but by stiffness of manner, and resentful silence.
?He scarcely spoke to her,?and the assiduous attentions which he had been so sensible of himself were transferred for the rest of the day to Miss Lucas, whose civility in listening to him was a seasonable relief to them all, and especially to her friend.
assiduous: showing hard work, care, and attention to detail
seasonable:?expected at or suitable for a particular time of the year
The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet's ill humour or ill health.
morrow: the next day, or tomorrow
abatement: a reduction in the amount or degree of something
high-flown: have an excessively embellished or inflated character (pretentious)
eg. To these high-flown expressions Elizabeth listened with all the insensibility of distrust.
footing: the way in which something operates and the set of conditions that influences it.?In the sentence below, the word "footing" is used metaphorically and refers to the level or basis of familiarity or closeness in a relationship.
eg. He will have frequent opportunity now of seeing her on the most intimate footing.
ingenuity: someone's ability to think of clever new ways of doing something
eg. …; in which there is certainly some ingenuity, and I dare say it would succeed if Miss De Bourgh were out of the way.
disapprobation: strong feelings of not approving of something or someone
eg. You must know, that, though I should be exceedingly grieved at their disapprobation, I could not hesitate.
And she could not for a moment suppose that those wishes, however openly or artfully spoken, could influence a young man so totally independent of every one.
openly: without hiding of your thoughts or feelings
artfully: in a way that is clever or skilful
forcibly: in a way that has a strong effect
eg. She represented to her sister, as forcibly as possible, what she felt on the subject, and had soon the pleasure of seeing its happy effect.
despond: to lose heart or hope; become disheartened;despair
eg. Jane's temper was not desponding.
bewail: to express great sadness or disappointment about something
eg. She bewailed it as exceedingly unlucky that the ladies should happen to go away just as they were all getting so intimate together.