Vocabulary
(A) Austen's novels engendered, or led to, much interest in Austen herself, but she avoided literary circles and publicity.
Definition- give rise to
Your Sentence-Engendered by the event that it was decided to put the case studies together as a book.
(B) Although a private person, Austen apparently was not an introvert; she was lively and outgoing among family and friends.
Definition- person predominantly concerned with his or her own thoughts
Your Sentence -I found the people of goole to be very introverted.
(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- mental constitution, opinion, mode of behavior peculiar to a person
Your Sentence -Idiosyncrasy adds that graduates can learn from individual idiosyncrasies displayed on the program.
(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- mental constitution, opinion, mode of behavior peculiar to
Your Sentence -Humdrum of married life, the bright young men of spain sought adventure in the americas or east indies.
(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- sermon
Your Sentence -He traveled with them from the west indies and toward the end had given them a little homily.
(F) We might not ascribe an interest in acting to Austen, but such an interest was very much a part of her
character.
Definition-attribute or impact
Your 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– unimportant
Your Sentence - Inconsequential matters like the boat race.
(H) No one could complain that Austen was writing hackneyed stories; her work was never trite or unoriginal.
Definition-made commonplace or trite by overuse
Your Sentence -This is a real shame as the role does have potential to really deliver a great performance, despite the rather hackneyed script.
(I)
Austen considered her older sister Cassandra to be a paragon of talent. She especially admired Cassandra's comic work.
Definition- model of excellence
Your Sentence -Paragon martial arts are dedicated to your total satisfaction.
(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-song or poem of lament
Your Sentence -The film is a beautiful elegy on being different.