contrariety: the quality or state of being contrary

eg. But such as they were, it may be well supposed how eagerly she went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited.

penitent: showing that you are sorry for something you have done because you feel it was wrong

eg. His style was not penitent, but haughty.

insolence: rude behaviour that does not show respect

eg. It was all pride and insolence.

gross:? extreme in a way that is very obvious wrong and unacceptable.

eg. This must be the grossest falsehood!

perturbed: worried

eg. In this perturbed state of mind, with thoughts that could rest on nothing, she walked on.

duplicity: dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people

err: to make a mistake or to do something wrong

eg. What Wickham had said of the living was fresh in her memory; and as she recalled his very words, it was impossible not to feel that there was gross duplicity on one side or the other, and, for a few moments, she flattered herself that her wishes did not err.

recital: a detailed description of something or a list of things.

eg. So far each recital confirmed the other.`

profligacy: the act of spending money or using something in a way that waste it and is not wise.

eg. The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay to Mr. Wickham's charge exceedingly shocked her.

?a predominance of something: a situation in which one type of person or thing within a set is the largest in number

eg. Or at least, by the predominance of virtue, atone for those casual errors, under which she could endeavour to class what Mr. Darcy had described as the idleness and vice of many years' continuance.

befriend: to become or act as a friend to

eg. But no such recollection befriended her.

mercenary: interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation

eg. His attentions to Miss King were now the consequence of views solely and harefully mercenary.

hazard: to risk doing something, especially making a guess, suggestion, etc.

eg. At one time she had almost resolved on applying to him, but the idea was checked by the awkwardness of the application, and at length wholly banished by the conviction that Mr. Darcy would never have hazarded such a proposal, if he had not been well assured of his cousin's corroboration.

mediocrity: the quality of being not very good

moderation: the quality of doing something within reasonable limits.

eg. And the mediocrity of her fortune proved no longer the moderation of his wishes, but his eagerness to grasp at any thing.