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The Count of Monte Cristo
All 29 Vocab words from The Count of Monte Cristo
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English
9th Grade
01/16/2010

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Imperceptibly
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not aware throughout the senses; to not notice; to not understand or comprehend
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Imperious
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able to deal authoritatively with affairs
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Melancholy
Definition
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
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Obsequious
Definition
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Benevolence
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an act intending or showing kindness and good will
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Cataleptic
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of a state of temporary unconsciousness and muscle rigidity
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Chimerical
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produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
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Compunction
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a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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Conscription
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compulsory military service, draft
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Despotic
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characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule, tyrant
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Imprudence
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a lack of caution in practical affairs
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Infamy
Definition
evil fame or public reputation
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Intrepid
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invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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Inveterate
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firmly established, long-standing; habitual
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Ironical
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humorously sarcastic or mocking
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Labyrinth
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complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
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Misanthropy
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hatred of mankind
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Plebian
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common, pertaining to the common people
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Presentiments
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a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition
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Probity
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complete and confirmed integrity
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Prodigious
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far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
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Rendezvous
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a meeting planned at a certain time and place
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Repugnance
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intense aversion, strong dislike
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Requiem
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a Mass celebrated for the dead
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Royalists
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A pro-monarchy group that formed in parliment
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Torpid
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slow and apathetic
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Usurpers
Definition
persons who seize power or office by force or without legal right
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Verity
Definition
conformity to reality or actuality, truth
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Vexation
Definition
the act of troubling or annoying someone
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Appalled
Definition
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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Carbine
Definition
light automatic rifle
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Compulsory
Definition
required by rule
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Council
Definition
a body serving in an administrative capacity
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Defaced
Definition
having the surface damaged or disfigured
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Discern
Definition
detect with the senses
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Eruption
Definition
bursting out
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Fusillade
Definition
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
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Glade
Definition
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
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Perceptible
Definition
easily seen or detected
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Pommel
Definition
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle, saddlebow
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Ricocheted
Definition
bounced from one or more surfaces
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Roan
Definition
(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
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Saddlebow
Definition
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
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Tether
Definition
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
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Thicket
Definition
a dense growth of bushes
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