Pride & Prejudice Vocab Ch 1-5

having or showing a strong moral principle; honest and diligent in carrying out one's duties.

• Estate

• Aloof

• Wit

• Scrupulous

an unwarranted sense of superiority; excessive confidence in one's abilities or status.

• Arrogance

• Estate

• Aloof

• Scrupulous

a large property, especially one with a house, grounds, and outbuildings, typically one owned by a wealthy person.

• Arrogance

• Aloof

• Scrupulous

• Estate

the ability to use language in a clever and humorous way; cleverness or intelligence.

• Scrupulous

• Arrogance

• Aloof

• Wit

distant or uninvolved in the things around; reserved or distant in manner.

• Aloof

• Arrogant

• Wit

• Scrupulous

the unwritten rules and expectations that govern behavior within a particular society or group; the accepted standards of behavior in a community or culture.

• Custom

• Modest

• Genteel

• Social Norms

refined or elegant in manner or appearance; well-bred and polite.

• Genteel

• Custom

• Social Norms

• Modest

a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society or culture.

• Social Norm

• Modest

• Genteel

• Custom

having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's own importance or abilities.

• Social Norm

• Custom

• Genteel

• Modest