Pride And Prejudice· Chapter 10· Ⅱ

ramble: to walk for pleasure, espeically in the countryside

eg. More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy.

perverse: strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy

mischance: bad luck or an unlucky event

eg. She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought.

haunt: a place often visited

eg. To prevent its ever happening again, she took care to inform him, at first, that it was a favourite haunt of hers.

inure: if you become inured to something unpleasant, you become familiar with it and able to accept and bear it

eg. A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence.

tractable: easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded

eg. And I dare say she is one of the most tractable creatures in the world.

drily: (also dryly) In the sentence provided below, it implies that Elizabeth's response was delivered in a dry or sarcastic manner

prodigious: extremely great in ability, amount or strength

eg. "Oh yes," said Elizabeth, drily—"Mr. Darcy is uncommonly kind to Mr. Bingley, and takes a prodigious deal of care of him."

officious: too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance

eg. You are rather disposed to call his interference officious?

jest: to say something intended to be funny

eg. This was spoken jestingly.