monosyllable: a word that contains only one syllable

eg. She found it difficult to obtain even a word from her beyond a monosyllable.

personage: an important or famous person

eg. To Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner her was scarcely a less interesting personage than to herself.

overflow: if you overflow with thoughts or feelings, you express them strongly

eg. The gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough.

ere: (literary or old use) before

eg. And two or three little circumstances occurred ere they parted, which, in her anxious interpretation, denoted a recollection of Jane, not untinctured by tenderness, and a wish of saying more that?might lead to the mention of her, had he dared.

diffidence: the quality of being shy and not confident of your abilities

eg. Miss Darcy, though with a diffidence which marked her little in the habit of giving invitations, readily obeyed.?

liberal: giving or given in a generous way

eg. It was acknowledged, however, that he was a liberal man, and did much good among the poor.

repugnant: If behaviour or beliefs, etc. are repugnant, they are vey unpleasant, causing a feeling of disgust

eg. The respect created by the conviction of his valuable qualities, though at first unwillingly admitted, had for some time ceased to be repugnant to her feelings.

petulance: the quality of being easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child

acrimony: anger, argument, and bad feeling

eg. It was gratitude; —gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection.

expedient: helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable

eg. Consequently, that it would be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberly the following morning.