Pride and Prejudice Vocabulary Quiz

1. adj: polite, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way

• personable
• genteel
• filial
• celerity

2. adj: diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

• countenance
• deign
• diligent
• scrupulous

3. noun: a person’s face or facial expression

• stricture
• countenance
• personable
• eminent

4. adj: Annoying; Overly concerned with minute details

• stricture
• countenance
• pedantic
• valiantly

5. noun: a form of protest, not a rant exactly, but often lengthy

• discreet
• eminent
• valiantly
• expostulation

6. noun: Swiftness of movement; speed

• discreet
• celerity
• eminent
• valiantly

7. noun: an explosion of words, ideas, or emotions

• effusion
• discreet
• eminent
• valiantly

8. adjective: using very few words

• valiantly
• paltry
• laconic
• eminent

9. filial

• verb: to criticize severely: find fault with
• noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
• noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
• adjective: of or due from a son or daughter

10. paltry

• noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
• adjective: ridiculously or insultingly small or meager
• adjective: of or due from a son or daughter
• noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion