exasperate: to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem

eg. When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as much as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the examination of all the letters which Jane had written to her since her being in Kent.

perusal: (formal) the action of reading through something, especially to find the part you are interested in

eg. Elizabeth noticed every sentence conveying the idea of uneasiness, with an attention which it had hardly received on the first perusal.

impute: to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, especially something bad, or that something is the cause of something else

eg. In a hurried manner he immediately began an enquiry after her health, imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she were better.

ardently: in a way that shows strong feelings

eg. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

avowal: a statement in which you say or admit something that your believe, support, or intend to do

eg. This he considered sufficient encouragement, and the avowal of all that he felt and had long felt for her immediately followed.

mantel-piece: 壁爐架

provocation: an action or statement that is intended to make someone angry

eg. But I have other provocations.

derision: the situation in which someone or something is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value

eg. You dare not, you cannot deny that you have been the principle, if not the only means of dividing them from each other, of exposing one to the censure of the world for caprice and instability, the other to its derision for disappointed hopes, and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind.

incredulity: the feeling of not wanting or not being able to believe something

eg. He even looked at her with a smile of affected incredulity.

conciliate: to end a disagreement or someone's anger by acting in a friendly way or slightly changing your opinions, or to satisfy someone who disagrees with you by acting this way

eg. Elizabeth disdained the appearance of noticing this civil reflection, but its meaning did not escape, nor was it likely to conciliate her.

contemptuously: in a way that shows strong dislike or a lack of respect for someone or something

eg. "His misfortunes!" repeated Darcy, contemptuously, —“yes, his misfortunes have been great indeed!”

impel: to make someone feel that they must do something

unalloyed: (literary) (especially of a positive feeling) not spoiled by any amount of negative feeling; pure

eg. The bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I, with greater policy, concealed my struggles, and flattered you into the belief of my being impelled by unqualified, unalloyed inclination.

abhorrence: a feeling of hating something or someone

eg. But disguise of every sort is my abhorrence.

groundwork: work that is done as a preparation for work that will be done later

disapprobation: strong feeling of not approving of something or someone

eg. From the very beginning, from the first moment, I may almost say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form that groundwork of disapprobation, on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike.

unpardonable: (formal) (of a behaviour) too bad to forgive or be accepted

eg. But his pride, his abominable pride, his shameless avowal of what he had done with respect to Jane, his unpardonable assurance in acknowledging, though he could not justify it, and the unfeeling manner in which he had mentioned Mr. Wickham, his cruelty towards whom he had not attempted to deny, soon overcame the consideration of his attachment had for a moment excited.