the count of monte cristo vocabulary chapters 9-12

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The Count of Monte Cristo Vocabulary Chapters 9-12

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Vocabulary Chapters 9-12

AdjectiveNever ceasing

Incessant

AdjectiveHuge

Titanic

NounThoughtful

Pensiveness

NounRule of conduct

Maxim

NounReputation due to something chocking or criminal (Bad reputation)

Infamy

Verb To fake To represent fictitiously

Feign

VerbTo annoy, to agitate

Perturbed

VerbEvidence to cause suspicion or guilt

Incriminate

NounDaydream

Reverie

Chapter 10

VerbGave upAccept

Resigned

AdjectiveVery concentrated attention

Assiduous

NounBooks or books of prayer, hymns, “personal library”-religious contents

Breviary

VerbStuttering due to emotion

Stammered

NounFire place

Hearth (pronounced harth)

Chapter 11

VerbTo wonder off; to digress (depart, stray, deviate)

To move without restraint

Expatiate

NounA drinkUsually medicinal

Draught (draft)

AdjectiveSpeckled Sprinkled

Flecked

AdjectiveExactly the right moment

Propitious

AdverbJerky, trembling manner

Convulsively

Chapter 12

VerbTo give something to by way of compensation

Recompense

Adjective In a dangerous position; should handle with care

Precarious

AdjectiveCompletely uninhibited (abandoned)

Unhampered

AdjectiveVery stormyTemper-laden (emotional, passionate, uncontrolled)

Tempestuous[tem-pes-choo-uhs]

VerbTo win a point

Evinced (long e)

NounDeep seated dislike- enemy

HostilityHatred

Enmity

Troubled (aggravated, irritated)

Vexed

NounPublic officer who does wills

Notary

NounSudden impulse (impulses, quirks, whims)

Do things without thought

Caprices [kuh-prees]