Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. In this sentence the word deign means: to participate in an engaging social affair. to pretend to enjoy the company of friends. to do something one considers below one's dignity or place in society. to change the subject and quickly embark on a new topic about horse racing.​

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.