Vocabulary ladder
Pride and Prejudice
CHAPTER II.
805 words. Everyday vocabulary (band A) covers 61% of the text; the hard 6% is 21 entries — all of them below.
A 61.4% (196 types) B 5.0% (30 types) C 2.1% (12 entries) D 1.0% (8 entries) E 0.4% (3 entries) N 5.0% (10 entries)
Band B — common reading vocabulary
A sample of 24 of 30 — you will meet these often; they are explained only at the fullest help level.
- nieces ×2
- persuade
- disclosed
- fatigued
- trimming
- discretion
- compassion
- cough · coughing, coughs ×4
- sensible
- kindness ×2
- extracts
- declare
- assuring
- observing
- adjusting
- selfish
- reflection
- nerves
- depend
- nonsense ×3
- pleasant
- venture
- dare
- tear
Band C — recognition checklist
All 12 upper-intermediate words in this chapter. Tick the ones you know; the rest are explained at the fullest help level.
- hypocritical
- mamma
- conjecture
- surpass
- fortnight
- acquaint
- acquaintance
- amend
- teasing
- unlucky
- amusement
- neglect
Band D — advanced (8 entries)
- resentfully
- with resentment
- stoutly
- firmly
- tumult
- wild noisy uproar
- scolding
- to find fault angrily
- astonishment
- great surprise
- emphatic
- forceful and insistent
- exclamation
- a cry of surprise or feeling
- raptures
- carried-away joy
Band E — rare & archaic (3 entries)
- fretfully
- in a cross complaining way
- circumspection
- watchful care
- deigned
- to lower oneself to grant
False friends — common words wearing old senses (1)
- sensible
- aware — the old sense here
Names (6)
- bingley ×7
- Mr Charles Bingley, the amiable rich young man who takes Netherfield
- lizzy ×2
- Lizzy, the family name for Elizabeth Bennet
- bennet ×9
- the Bennets of Longbourn: Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters
- lydia ×2
- Lydia Bennet, the youngest, wild for officers
- kitty ×4
- Kitty Bennet, the fourth sister, Lydia's follower
- Mr Bingley
- the amiable rich young man at Netherfield