10:1 Adverse

Where & When: While watching Pride & Prejudice for probably the hundredth time, it is easy to pick words from there that I am unaware of. One of them that recently struck me was "adverse"

Charlotte Lucas: Just put on whatever you bought that's best.
Mr. Collins : Lady Catherine has never been averse to the truly humble.

Bevon, T., & Wright, J. (2005). Pride & prejudice. United Kingdom: Universal Pictures.'

Definition: acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
 
taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adverse

In this sentence, Mr. Collins is informing Elizabeth that Lady Catherine does not judge people poorer than herself.

Level of Familiarity: While this word seems unfamiliar to me, I am sure I have heard it before. I know I have seen this movie at least 10 times and read the book so I have had multiple exposures to the word. But it never stuck out to me as a word I was truly curious about before, until I watched the movie today.

Reflective Commentary: From the movie and the book, Lady Catherine seems like a witch. Expect replace the 'w' with a 'b.' I did thoroughly enjoy her in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Still a witch but one that killed zombies like a champ. From the dialogue exchanged between Charlotte, Mr. Collins, and Elizabeth about going to dinner at Lady Catherine's house, you get the sense that Lady Catherine will not judge Elizabeth on what clothes she is wearing because in Mr. Collin's opinion, Elizabeth is not well off and Lady Catherine is nonjudgmental about poor people. But we readers know this is inaccurate. In my opinion, Mr. Collin's slightly insulted Elizabeth by saying that the clothes you brought/own are not good enough for Lady Catherine but she's too great of a person to pass judgment. I do like this word, but I do not know exactly how often I would this in my everyday language.