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6. Jane’s fantastic appearance attracted the writer’s attention when he
was ushered into the crowded drawing-room
7. Gilbert insisted on Jane’s having her hair cut off.
8. Mrs. Tower thought that the other guests were playing up well.
9. Mrs. Tower treated the writer as a prodigal.
10. Gilbert and Jane went down to Italy and spent happy months
studying Renaissance and Baroque architecture.
11. Jane decided to divorce Gilbert to marry Reginald Frobisher.
12. Nothing remained in her drawing-room with which she had any
association.
13. Gilbert persuaded Jane to have a frock or two made according to his
own design.
14. Jane made some tea-cosies for Mrs. Tower.

3.Get ready to transcribe and give equivalents to the following words.
1. ruthlessness 4 41 1. . mantle 81. disparity 121. discard
2. sacrifice 42. locket 82. trousseau 122. sniff
3. pickle 43. deceased 83. masterful 123. jauntily
4. severe 44. garments 84. affectionate 124. drastic
5. brocade 45. austere 85. volume 125. saucy
6. opulent 46. sumptuous 86. desultory 126. impudent
7. garishness 47. astound 87. facile 127. trollop
8. affectation 48. glibly 88. fray 128. heave
9. chintz 49. bubble 89. blandly 129. vengeance
10. despise 50. tremulous 90. formidable 130. guffaw
11. suite 51. tummy 91. annoyance 131. adipose
12. adorn 52. boom 92. besotted 132. intercept
13. alabaster 53. ostrich 93. compose 133. savour
14. conceal 54. relict 94. agitation 134. bland
15. tint 55. ample 95. detachment 135. buoyant
16. hideous 56. preposterous 96. gasp 136. luxurious
17. discretion 57. decrepit 97. vigorously 137. peculiar
18. vivacity 58. wizened 98. dab 138. repartee
19. exquisitely 59. sallow 99. smudge 139. unpremeditated
20. sombre 60. gout 100. obstacle 140. vociferous
21. glow 61. outstretch 101. resolute 141. pursuivant
22. hearth 62. demure 102. innuendo 142. wither
23. prodigal 63. behold 103. unimpeachable 143. subtlety
24. dispose 64. breeding 104. succumb 144. flaunt
25. assort 65. combat 105. frivolity 145. rascal
26. rueful 66. astonishment 106. resigned 146. fortune-hunter