Vocabulary List Two
(A) Austen's novels engendered, or led to, much interest in Austen herself, but she avoided literary circles and
publicity.
Definition- Cause or give rise to.
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(B) Although a private person, Austen apparently was not an introvert; she was lively and outgoing among family and friends.
Definition- A shy, reticent, and typically self-centered person.
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(C) The family may have regarded Austen's habit of writing in the sitting room as out of the ordinary, but they tolerated this idiosyncrasy.
Definition- A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
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(D) What some people would regard as humdrum domestic duties occupied much of Austen's time. I wonder whether she found them as dull as my friends and I would.
Definition- Lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous.
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(E) Austen received much of her education from her father, a teacher and minister. I imagine that he was a serious, learned man who wrote scholarly homilies on religious topics.
Definition- A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.
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(F) We might not ascribe an interest in acting to Austen, but such an interest was very much a part of her
character.
Definition- Attribute something to.
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(G) She performed in home theatrical shows. Do you think this experience was significant or inconsequential to Austen as a novelist?
Definition– Not important or significant.
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(H) No one could complain that Austen was writing hackneyed stories; her work was never trite or unoriginal.
Definition- Lacking significance through having been overused.
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Austen considered her older sister Cassandra to be a paragon of talent. She especially admired Cassandra's comic work.
Definition- A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
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(J) Cassandra wrote lovingly, even poetically, of her sister. Do you know if a family member wrote an elegy to mourn Jane's death in 1817?
Definition- A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
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publicity.
Definition- Cause or give rise to.
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(B) Although a private person, Austen apparently was not an introvert; she was lively and outgoing among family and friends.
Definition- A shy, reticent, and typically self-centered person.
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(C) The family may have regarded Austen's habit of writing in the sitting room as out of the ordinary, but they tolerated this idiosyncrasy.
Definition- A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
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(D) What some people would regard as humdrum domestic duties occupied much of Austen's time. I wonder whether she found them as dull as my friends and I would.
Definition- Lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous.
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(E) Austen received much of her education from her father, a teacher and minister. I imagine that he was a serious, learned man who wrote scholarly homilies on religious topics.
Definition- A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.
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(F) We might not ascribe an interest in acting to Austen, but such an interest was very much a part of her
character.
Definition- Attribute something to.
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(G) She performed in home theatrical shows. Do you think this experience was significant or inconsequential to Austen as a novelist?
Definition– Not important or significant.
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(H) No one could complain that Austen was writing hackneyed stories; her work was never trite or unoriginal.
Definition- Lacking significance through having been overused.
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(I)
Austen considered her older sister Cassandra to be a paragon of talent. She especially admired Cassandra's comic work.
Definition- A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
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(J) Cassandra wrote lovingly, even poetically, of her sister. Do you know if a family member wrote an elegy to mourn Jane's death in 1817?
Definition- A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
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