Pride And Prejudice· Chapter 9

profuse: produced or given in large amounts

eg. Mrs. Bennet was profuse in her acknowledgments.

tax: to make onerous and rigorous demands on

eg. And the result of it was, that the youngest should tax Mr. Bingley with having promised on his first coming into the country to give a ball at Netherfield.

self-consequence 自尊自大

eg. She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence.

He could not be prevailed on to join in their censure of her.

prevail on 说服；劝服

witticism: a remark that is both clever and humorous