Set 2 VOCABULARY.........................
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(A) Austen's novels engendered, or led to, much interest in Austen herself, but she avoided literary circles and publicity.
Definition- to produce, cause, or give rise to hatred and/or violence.
Sentence - It is the sort of building that has often engendered great pride in the people who use it.
(B) Although a private person, Austen apparently was not an introvert; she was lively and outgoing among family and friends.
Definition- someone who is shy and keep's to oneself
Sentence - Sometimes i just want company because being alone just makes you think about the problem more and then you become introvert and depressed.
(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 characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
Sentence - When the teacher is busy, she has a peculiar idiosyncrasy to twirl and twist her hair.
(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 variety; boring; dull
Sentence - In the beginning of the school year, students thought the humdrum room indicated the traits of a dull class.
(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, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature
Sentence - During instructional time, a teacher must not discuss homilies, unless the class deals with religion.
(F) We might not ascribe an interest in acting to Austen, but such an interest was very much a part of her character.
Definition-to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute
Sentence - Ascribe what they can do to the spirits of the dead.
(G) She performed in home theatrical shows. Do you think this experience was significant or inconsequential to Austen as a novelist?
Definition–of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
Sentence - Everything the science teacher discusses or teaches is not inconsequential.
(H) No one could complain that Austen was writing hackneyed stories; her work was never trite or unoriginal.
Definition-to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
Sentence - Some teachers try to make their classroom and teaching techniques less hackneyed.
(I) Austen considered her older sister Cassandra to be a paragon of talent. She especially admired Cassandra's comic work.
Definition-rare, to compare; parallel.
Sentence -He is a paragon of virtue.
(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 mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
Sentence - Nothing could be more suitable than this exquisite and heartfelt elegy.
Definition- to produce, cause, or give rise to hatred and/or violence.
Sentence - It is the sort of building that has often engendered great pride in the people who use it.
(B) Although a private person, Austen apparently was not an introvert; she was lively and outgoing among family and friends.
Definition- someone who is shy and keep's to oneself
Sentence - Sometimes i just want company because being alone just makes you think about the problem more and then you become introvert and depressed.
(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 characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
Sentence - When the teacher is busy, she has a peculiar idiosyncrasy to twirl and twist her hair.
(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 variety; boring; dull
Sentence - In the beginning of the school year, students thought the humdrum room indicated the traits of a dull class.
(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, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature
Sentence - During instructional time, a teacher must not discuss homilies, unless the class deals with religion.
(F) We might not ascribe an interest in acting to Austen, but such an interest was very much a part of her character.
Definition-to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute
Sentence - Ascribe what they can do to the spirits of the dead.
(G) She performed in home theatrical shows. Do you think this experience was significant or inconsequential to Austen as a novelist?
Definition–of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
Sentence - Everything the science teacher discusses or teaches is not inconsequential.
(H) No one could complain that Austen was writing hackneyed stories; her work was never trite or unoriginal.
Definition-to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
Sentence - Some teachers try to make their classroom and teaching techniques less hackneyed.
(I) Austen considered her older sister Cassandra to be a paragon of talent. She especially admired Cassandra's comic work.
Definition-rare, to compare; parallel.
Sentence -He is a paragon of virtue.
(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 mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
Sentence - Nothing could be more suitable than this exquisite and heartfelt elegy.