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Jane Austen Word List

A list of the most amiable words taken straight from the pages of Austen.
I'm sure I missed a few, so consider this list a work in progress.
For best results use sparingly.

 

abhorrence

abode

abound

absence

accomplished

accordingly

acquaintance

acquiescence

acquitted

admonition

advantage (ous)

affable

affections

afford (give)

affront

agreeable

air (manner)

alacrity

ale-house

alliances

allowances

amends

amiable

amusement

apoplectic

approbation

arisen

assent

assert

astonishment

avowal

baize

benevolent

beseech

bestow

bewail

blunder

boisterous

bold (forward)

breach

burlesque (comedy)

canvass

caprice

captivate

careless

censure

character

circumspect

circumstance

civility

comfort (s)

complacency

composure

comprehend

commodious

conciliate

contemptible

condescend

conduct

conjugal

connections

connubial

consent

consequence (importance)

considerable

consolation

consolatory

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contrivance

controverted

convey (carry)

coquetry

cordiality

correspondent

countenance

creditable

damask

dawdling

deceitful

deference

deign

delicacy

derive

desirable

despondent

devise

dilatory

diminution

discernment

disagreeable

disapprobation

disconcert

disheartened

disinclination

dismal

disoblige(ing)

display

displeased

disposition

distinguished

do her an injury

draught

dreadful

duplicity

earnestness

effusion

elevation

eminent

emphatic

encumbrance

endeavour

endowments

entail

entreaty

establishment

esteem

equitable

exclaimed

expectation

expostulation

fanciful

fancy

faults

favourable

felicity

fervent

folly

foreboding

foremost

forlorn

fortnight

fortune

fretful

frivolous

frock

frugality

gallantry

generosity

grace

grandeur

gratifying

gratitude

grave (serious)

greatness

grievous

handsome

henceforth

heretofore

higher stamp

honour

idling

impediment

impertinent

impetuous

impropriety

improvements (as to landscaping)

impute

inclination

incommoded

inconceivable

increasing (pregnant)

incredulous

incumbrance

indecorous

indefatigable

indignation

indifferent

indisposition

indolent

inducement

infamy

inferiority

injudicious

insipid

insolent

instantaneous

intercourse (speaking)

irreproachable

judicious

kindness

lamentation

latterly

liberality (generosity)

liberal-minded

licentiousness

lolling

lowly

manner

match (marriage)

means to tempt

melancholy

merriment

mistaken

mite

mortified

natural result

nature (personality)

necessaries

notion

novelty

obedient

objection

obliged

odious

parsonage

particular(ly)

patroness

pecuniary

perfectly

persevere

peruse

perverse

plain

pleasing

preclude

preferment

prepossessing

presentiments

prevail upon

pride

probity

procure

profligate

propitious

propriety

prospect (view)

prospects (marriage)

provided for

prudence

quarrel

quit (leave)

rapturous

recollect

rectory

reflection (thought)

refute

regard

relations (family)

remembrance

remonstrance

reprehensible

reprobation

repugnant

reputable

reserved

respectable

respectability

retentive

rusticity

sally

sanguine

scruple

scrupulous

scheme (plan)

secure

self-inquiry

sensation

sensibility

sentiment (feeling)

severe on

shamefaced

signify

simpleton

slight (insult)

society

solemnity

solicitude

spirits (mood)

stout

suffer on that score

sulkiness

superfluity

sweet-tempered

synonymous

temper

tete a tete

thereby

thwart

tincture

tiresome

tranquil

trifle (ing)

truest

tumult

twelvemonth

unfeeling

ungenerous

unkind

unmitigated

untoward

unqualified

unstudied

utmost

vast deal

verdure

vexation

virtue

volubility

Want of (lack)

Well-looking

Wholly

Wicked

worldly


 

 

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