Vocabulary ladder
Pride and Prejudice
CHAPTER I.
851 words. Everyday vocabulary (band A) covers 61% of the text; the hard 4% is 22 entries — all of them below.
A 60.9% (196 types) B 5.4% (37 types) C 1.9% (16 entries) D 0.5% (4 entries) E 0.2% (2 entries) N 3.4% (16 entries)
Band B — common reading vocabulary
A sample of 24 of 37 — you will meet these often; they are explained only at the fullest help level.
- temper
- humour
- neighbourhood ×3
- compassion
- delight
- uncertain
- ignorant
- assure ×2
- delighted
- servants
- preference
- invitation
- acknowledged
- mixture
- nerves ×2
- nonsense
- handsome ×2
- consideration
- fortune ×3
- dare
- pretend
- fancied
- ought
- consent
Band C — recognition checklist
All 16 upper-intermediate words in this chapter. Tick the ones you know; the rest are explained at the fullest help level.
- grownup
- impatiently
- quickness
- caprice
- comer
- tiresome
- flatter
- solace
- discontent
- hearty
- rightful
- sarcastic
- universally
- whichever
- insufficient
- objection
Band D — advanced (4 entries)
- three-and-twenty
- twenty-three
- scrupulous
- strict about right and wrong
- chaise
- a light traveling carriage
- vexing
- to annoy; trouble
Band E — rare & archaic (2 entries)
- good-humoured
- cheerful and kind
- develope
- develop
False friends — common words wearing old senses (1)
- use
- habit; custom — the old sense here
Names (7)
- netherfield ×2
- Netherfield Park, the house Mr Bingley takes
- bingley ×4
- Mr Charles Bingley, the amiable rich young man who takes Netherfield
- lizzy ×3
- Lizzy, the family name for Elizabeth Bennet
- bennet ×6
- the Bennets of Longbourn: Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters
- lydia
- Lydia Bennet, the youngest, wild for officers
- lucas
- the Lucases of Lucas Lodge: Sir William, Lady Lucas, and Charlotte
- Mr Bingley
- the amiable rich young man at Netherfield