Vocabulary for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Vocabulary for Balzac and the Little Chinese
Seamstress
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GALVANIZED (V.)

• to excite into activity restore consciousness -
  page 5

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BEATIFIC (Adj.)

• showing exalted joy blissful appearance - page 6

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FOISTED (V.)

• to pass off as genuine, valuable or worthy - page
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VENERATION (N.)

• great respect or reverence - page 15

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MACABRE (Adj.)

• connected with or descriptive of death pg. 33

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LIMPID (Adj.)

• characterized by transparent clearness - page 40

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MYOPIA (N.)

• near sighted or short sighted (page 52)

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MASOCHISTIC (Adj.)

• the tendency to derive pleasure from ones own
  pain or humiliation (page 54)

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REDOLENT (Adj.)

• full of a specified fragrance (page 56)

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DECREPIT (Adj.)

• worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
  elderly or infirm (page 56)

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PIOUS (Adj.)

• devoutly religious (page 62)

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PRECIPICE (N.)

• a vertical or overhanging rock face (page 117)

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UNDULATE (V.)

• to have or cause wavy movement or appearance
  (page 73, 139)

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BEREFT (Adj.)

• deprived of something leave desolate or alone
  (page 61)

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IMMINENT (Adj.)

• about to occur

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DUBIOUS (Adj.)

• Giving rise to uncertainty doubtful promise or
  outcome (page 110)

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CONSECRATION (N.)

• The act of declaring something or place as
  sacred, especially for religious purposes (page
  111)

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VERTIGO (N.)

• A disordered state in which the individual or the
  individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
  (page 114)

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AMICABLE (Adj.)

• Friendly (page 125)

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COMPLICITY (N.)

• Association or participation in or as if in a
  wrongful act

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FULMINATED (V.)

• To issue a thunderous verbal attack or
  denouncement (page 119)

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TORRENT (N.)

• Tumultuous outpouring, usually of liquid rushing
  water

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RECONNAISSANCE (N.)

• A preliminary survey to gain information
  especially an exploratory military survey of
  enemy territory

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AUTO-DA-FÉ (N.)

• The ceremony for the burning of a heretic (page
  178)