vehemence intense feeling or strong passion; fervent or impassioned state or condition.
veneration a feeling of deep respect and reverence.
veracity habitual truthfulness; honesty.
very pleasing address pleasing conversational manner.
vestibule a small entrance hall or room.
vexatious characterized by or causing vexation; annoying or troublesome.
vice evil or wicked conduct or behavior; depravity or corruption.
Vingt-un a card game, similar to the American card game of twenty-one.
vivacity liveliness of spirit; animation.
vulgar of, characteristic of, belonging to, or common to the great mass of people in general; common.
vulgar relations Here, the Bingley sisters are making fun of Jane's relatives, who work for a living.
Warehouses [Chiefly British] wholesale stores, or, especially, formerly, large retail stores.
when am I to wish you joy? "I wish you joy" or "I wish you happy" was the way people in early nineteenth-century Britain congratulated someone on becoming engaged to be married.
When the ladies removed after dinner to go away. It was the custom for women and men to separate for a time after dinner. The men smoked cigars, drank, and discussed business or other subjects "unsuitable" for female ears, while the women talked and waited for the men to join them.
wonderful causing wonder; amazing.
youngest should tax Mr. Bingley Here, Lydia is placing on Mr. Bingley the obligation of giving a ball.
