Chapters 1 – 21
Abode – dwelling place
Affability – friendliness; courtesy
Amends – give compensation
Assent – agree; consent; approve
Bestow – confer as gift
Caprice – whim; lively or fanciful work of music, etc.
Censure – criticise harshly; reprove
Civility – politeness; act of politeness
Condescend – graciously consent to do something while showing superiority
Contemplation – to survey with eyes or mind; to regard as possible; to intend
Coquetry – to flirt as a woman does
Countenance – face or its expression; composure; moral support
Deceitful – of deception; unreliable
Deference – respectful conduct; compliance with another’s wishes
Degenerate – having lost usual or good qualities; get worse; immoral
Deign – condescend
Discernment – to have good judgement
Disconcert – disturb composure of; fluster
Draught – current of air indoors; traction; drawing of liquor from a cask
Eminent – distinguished; notable
Emphatic – forcibly expressive; bearing emphasis
Esteem – think highly of; deeply respect
Expostulation – to make protest; to remonstrate
Exultation – feeling of triumph over a person
Felicity – intense happiness; capacity for apt expression
Folly – foolishness; foolish act, idea, etc.
Fortnight – two weeks
Gallantry – bravery; devotion to women; polite act or speech
Humility – humbleness; meekness
Impertinent – insolent, saucy
Indignation – anger at supposed injustice etc.
Infinite – boundless, endless; very great, many
Injunction – authoritative order; judicial order restraining from specified act, or compelling
restitution
Insipid – dull, lifeless; tasteless
Insolent –impertinently insulting
Novelty – newness; new or unusual thing or occurrence
Odious – hateful; repulsive
Parsonage – any (esp. Protestant) clergyman or minister’s house
Patroness –person who gives financial or other support
Persevere – continue steadfastly; persist
Prevail – be victorious; be the more usual or predominant; exist or occur in general use
Probity – uprightness, honesty
Procure – succeed in getting; bring about; obtain for prostitution
Propitious – favourable, auspicious
Proxy – authorisation given to deputy; authorisation to vote on another’s behalf
Rectory – (Anglican Church) clergyman in charge of parish, head priest of religious institution or head of university’s house
Reprehensible – blameworthy
Stout – rather fat, corpulent; thick, strong; brave, resolute
Synonymous – having same meaning ; suggestive of; associated with
Tête-à-tête – private conversation between to people
Wilful – intentional, deliberate; headstrong, obstinate
Chapters 21 – 40
Abhorrence – disgust; detestation
Abound – be plentiful
Adherence – to stick fast; to behave according to; give allegiance
Affront – insult openly; embarrass
Alacrity – briskness; readiness
Approbation – approval, consent
Assert – declare; enforce claim to
Avowal – a formal declaration confession
Benevolent – wishing to do good; kind and helpful; charitable
Boisterous – noisily cheerful; violent, rough
Canvass – solicit votes; ascertain opinions of; seek custom from; propose idea, etc
Circumspect – cautious; taking everything into account
Composure – tranquil manner
Conciliate – make calm; pacify; attempt to bring disputing parties to an agreement
Contrivance – something divised, esp. plan or device; something artificially forced
Controverted – dispute, deny
Defection – the abandoning of one’s country or cause or another
Derive – get or trace from a source
Desponding – depressing
Duplicity – double dealing; deceitfulness
Encumbrance – burden; impediment; mortgage or other charge on property
Endeavour – try, strive
Entail – necessitate or involve unavoidably
Fervent – ardent, intense
Impute – ascribe
Inclination – liking; affection
Incredulous – unwilling to believe; showing disbelief
Indisposed – slightly unwell
Insolence – impertinently insulting
Pecuniary – of or in money
Peruse – read; scan
Perverse – stubbornly or wilfully in the wrong; against the weight of evidence
Profligate – recklessly extravagant; licentious person; dissolute
Rapturous – ecstatically delightful
Refute – prove falsity or error of; rebut by argument; deny or contradict without argument
Remorse – bitter repentance; compunction; mercy
Sally – military rush; excursion; witticism
Simpleton – gullible or stupid person
Solemnity – seriousness and dignity; formality; graving
Solicitation – seeking repeatedly or earnestly; accost as prostitute
Suppress – put an end to; prevent from being seen, heard or known
Thwart – frustrate, foil
Trifle – thing of slight value or importance; small amount
Verdure – green vegetation or its colour
Vindication – clearance of suspicion; establishment of existence, merits or justice of
Chapters 41 – 50
Acquiesce – agree, esp. tacitly; raise no objection
Conjecture – formation of opinion on incomplete information, guessing
Connubial – conjugal; of marriage
Consolatory – alleviated of grief or disappointment
Cordiality – heartfelt; friendliness
Dilatory – given to or causing delay
Elopement – the running away to secretly marry
Exuberance – liveliness, high-spirit; abounding
Fretful – worrying or distressful
Frivolous – not serious, silly, shallow; trifling
Impetuous – acting or done rashly or suddenly; moving violently
Impropriety – indecency; instance of this; incorrectness, unfitness
Infamy – evil; abominable
Lamentation – passionate expression of grief
Licentious – sexually promiscuous
Repugnant – distasteful; contradictory
Sanguine – optimistic; florid or ruddy complexion
Tincture – slight flavour or tinge; medicinal solution of drug in alcohol
Vexation – annoying or distressing thing
Villainous – wicked
Chapters 51 – 60
Abash – embarrass, disconcert
Closure – closed state; procedure for ending debate
Incessant – unceasing, continual, repeated
Inducement – attractive offer; incentive; bribe
Pretension – assertion of clai8m
Sagacity – to show insight or good judgement
Scruples – moral concern; doubt caused by this
Sedate – tranquil; serious
Vestibule – entrance hall, lobby
Vex – annoy, irritate
