The Count Of Monte Cristo Vocab

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Resplendent

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Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous

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Abbe

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an abbott or other cleric

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Perspicacious

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having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious

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Filial

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Of or relating to or appropriate for a son or daughter

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Sapient

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possessing or expressing great sagacity

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Expatiate

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to speak or write about something in a way that includes a lot of details or uses many words

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Chimerical

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existing only as the product of unchecked imagination; fantastically visionary or improbable

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Adroit

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very careful or skillful

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Fallacious

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containing a mistake; not true or accurate

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Mephitic

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foul-smelling

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Augment

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To add something to (something) in order to improve or complete it

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Nabob

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a very rich or important person

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Cupidity

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A strong desire for money

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Eulogium

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high praise

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Sepulchre

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a place of burial

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Veracity

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honesty

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Precocious

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of a child: having or showing the qualities or abilities of an adult at an unusually early age

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Extirpate

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to destroy or remove completely

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Orthography

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the way in which the words of a language are spelled

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Pugilist

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a professional boxer

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Ennui

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A lack of spirit, enthusiasm, or interest

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Cavil

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to complain about things that are not important

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Toilet

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the act or process of washing and dressing yourself

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Calumniate

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to utter maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about

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Sedulously

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involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

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Lugubrious

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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

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Umbrageous

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affording shade

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Chicanery

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actions or statements that trick people into believing something that is not true: deception or trickery

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Efficacious

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having the power to produce a desired result or effect

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Cicerone

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mentor, tutor

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Moiety

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1 of 2 equal parts

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Lachrymal

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of, relating to, or being glands that produce tears

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Avaricious

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greedy of gain

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Procureur

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an agent or representative in a French court of law

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Pecuniary

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relating to or in the form of money

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Privation

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a lack or loss of the basic things that people need to live properly

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Redound

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to have a particular result

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Fastidious

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hard to please

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Parvenu

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one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity or manner associated with it

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Foppish

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obsolete: foolish, silly

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Consumptive

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a person who has terburculosis

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Tacit

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expressed or understood without being directly stated

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Megalomania

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a condition or mental illness that causes people to think that they have great or unlimited power or importance

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Cajole

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to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things

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Obeisance

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a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission (such as bowing)

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Irrefragable

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impossible to refute

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Ebullition

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a sudden violent outburst or display

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Emetic

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an agent that induces vomiting

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Sententious

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having or expressing strong opinions about what people should and should not do

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Codicil

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a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will

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Execrable

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very bad

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Perfidy

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the act of betraying someone or something: the state of not being loyal

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Propitious

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Likely to have or produce good results

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Panacea

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something that will make everything about a situation better

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Voluble

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talking a lot in an energetic and rapid way

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Succor

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to go to the aid of

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Contralto

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the lowest female singing voice

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Egress

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a way to get out of a place or the act or leaving a place

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Lazaretto

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an institution for those with contagious diseases

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Cambric

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a fine thin white linen fabric

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Intrepid

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feeling no fear: very bold or brave

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Veneration

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respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person

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Imprecation

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an offensive word or phrase that people say when they are angry

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Opulent

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very comfortable and expensive; very wealthy

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Pygmy

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a person who is regarded as very weak or stupid

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Expiation

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the act of making atonement

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Epicure

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a person who appreciates fine food and drink

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Usury

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an unconscionable or exorbitant rate or amount of interest (in regards to money)