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
Your Sentence : The way he was speaking engenderd others to begin to riot.
(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
Your Sentence: The litte girl hid behind her mother because she was raised to be introvert.
(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
Your Sentence: She did the same exact thing every day for years, some were accepting of her idiosyncrasy, others thought to defy it.
(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
Your Sentence: Everyday noise and sound blended into a humdrum of annoyance in her ears.
(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 sermon
Your Sentence: The priest was careful to say the right words when he spoke his sermon.
(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
Your Sentence: The women ascribed that he was a very talented person.
(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
Your Sentence: Singing and being joyful was inconsequential to him, he did not care for it at all, in fact he was quite annoyed with the carolers.
(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.
Your Sentence: The songs Lana Del Rey sing are awfully hackneyed.
(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
Your Sentence: The box was filled to the brim with a paragon of gold, it was especially shiny in the pirates eyes after having hunted it so long.
(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
Your Sentence: Many people write elegy's for the dead when they move on to the next world.
publicity.
Definition: Cause or give rise to
Your Sentence : The way he was speaking engenderd others to begin to riot.
(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
Your Sentence: The litte girl hid behind her mother because she was raised to be introvert.
(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
Your Sentence: She did the same exact thing every day for years, some were accepting of her idiosyncrasy, others thought to defy it.
(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
Your Sentence: Everyday noise and sound blended into a humdrum of annoyance in her ears.
(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 sermon
Your Sentence: The priest was careful to say the right words when he spoke his sermon.
(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
Your Sentence: The women ascribed that he was a very talented person.
(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
Your Sentence: Singing and being joyful was inconsequential to him, he did not care for it at all, in fact he was quite annoyed with the carolers.
(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.
Your Sentence: The songs Lana Del Rey sing are awfully hackneyed.
(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
Your Sentence: The box was filled to the brim with a paragon of gold, it was especially shiny in the pirates eyes after having hunted it so long.
(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
Your Sentence: Many people write elegy's for the dead when they move on to the next world.