wicket "and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it"
demesne "A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front."
disposed "She was perfectly disposed to make every allowance for the colonel’s advanced state of life which humanity required."
vanity "Lady Middleton piqued herself upon the elegance of her table, and of all her domestic arrangements; and from this kind of vanity was her greatest enjoyment in any of their parties."
deficiency "Continual engagements at home and abroad, however, supplied all the deficiencies of nature and education"
to hunt "He hunted and shot, and she humoured her children"
alteration "all these alterations could be made from the savings of an income of five hundred a-year"
excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements
inclined or willing
a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a larger one
a piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use
the action or process of altering or being altered
a lack or shortage
pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
