Vocabulary ladder
Pride and Prejudice
CHAPTER III.
1,706 words. Everyday vocabulary (band A) covers 63% of the text; the hard 6% is 47 entries — all of them below.
A 63.1% (320 types) B 6.0% (73 types) C 3.3% (45 entries) D 1.2% (19 entries) E 0.3% (5 entries) N 5.0% (23 entries)
Band B — common reading vocabulary
A sample of 24 of 73 — you will meet these often; they are explained only at the fullest help level.
- enduring
- lace
- entertained ×2
- humour
- interrupted
- lively ×3
- dislike
- fond
- consequently
- consisted
- neighbourhood
- compassion
- elegant
- circulation
- admire · admired ×3
- curiosity
- fortunate ×2
- tide
- withdrew
- assure
- pronounced
- altogether ×2
- charming
- consequence
Band C — recognition checklist
All 45 upper-intermediate words in this chapter. Tick the ones you know; the rest are explained at the fullest help level.
- unreserve
- uncommonly
- supposition
- overhear
- coldly
- disagreeable
- impatiently
- amiable
- detest
- rudeness
- secondhand
- forbidding
- cordial
- agreeable
- unworthy
- tempt
- housekeeping
- horrid
- exaggeration
- grieve
- quieter
- unaffected
- excessively
- ingenious
- pleasantly
- scarcity
- inquire
- bitterness
- disposition
- acquaint
- favourable
- playful
- defer
- wonderfully
- satisfactory
- admiration
- disgust
- resentment
- eld
- neighbour
- gown
- splendid
- behold
- delightful
- oblige
Band D — advanced (19 entries)
- assembly-room
- the public ballroom
- brother-in-law
- a sister's husband or wife's brother
- set-downs
- crushing replies
- gentlemanlike
- like a gentleman
- handsomer
- more handsome
- good-looking
- handsome
- barefaced
- barefaced: shameless
- finery
- showy dress
- gratified
- to please; satisfy
- fastidious
- hard to please
- surmises
- a guess
- despatched
- to send off; an official message
- vexed
- to annoy; trouble
- conceited
- too proud of oneself
- countenance ×2
- the face; composure
- eluded
- to slip away from
- sprained
- a wrenched joint
- tolerable
- bearable; fairly good
- sharpened
- to make sharp and ready
Band E — rare & archaic (5 entries)
- ancle
- ancles: ankles
- insupportable
- unbearable
- disconcerted
- thrown off balance; unsettled
- mien
- bearing; look of the face
- ascertaining
- finding out for certain
False friends — common words wearing old senses (0)
Names (15)
- longbourn
- Longbourn, the Bennets' house and village
- netherfield ×4
- Netherfield Park, the house Mr Bingley takes
- bingley ×16
- Mr Charles Bingley, the amiable rich young man who takes Netherfield
- lizzy ×2
- Lizzy, the family name for Elizabeth Bennet
- bennet ×13
- the Bennets of Longbourn: Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters
- hurst ×3
- Mr and Mrs Hurst, Bingley's brother-in-law and sister
- hertfordshire
- the home county of the Bennets
- derbyshire
- Darcy's county
- darcy ×7
- Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley, proud, rich, and Elizabeth's match
- lydia
- Lydia Bennet, the youngest, wild for officers
- lucas ×4
- the Lucases of Lucas Lodge: Sir William, Lady Lucas, and Charlotte
- Elizabeth Bennet
- the witty second daughter, the heroine
- Miss Bingley
- Caroline Bingley, his sister
- Mr Bingley
- the amiable rich young man at Netherfield
- Mr Darcy
- the proud rich master of Pemberley