The+Awakening+Vocabulary


 * The Awakening written by Kate Chopin in order of appearance, as indicated:**
 * **Chapters 1-10:** persistence, cease, croquet, bonbons, incessantly, infusion, indiscriminately, sole, insistent, ministering, bodice, unamiable, prudery, contemptuous, repulse, quadroon, clamor, diminutive, camomile, muslin, gauntlet, countenance, portal, fictitious, speculation, bouillon, festoon, immutable, imperious, plaintive, dissent, malicious, totter, capricious, supercilious
 * **Chapters 11-20:** compelling, intangible, pirogue, composure, giddy, bough, speculate, pacify, pretentious, sardonically, treacherous, preposterous, convulsively, postscript, nutriment, jalousies, scrupulously, diminutive, trifle, procure, infatuation, complacency, ennui, extraneous, pandemonium, annihilation, rebuke
 * **Chapters 21-30:** perambulation, bequeath, toddies, palpitant, reminiscent, coercion, devoid, insolent, compulsion, impulsive, spasmodic, languorous, susceptible, prolific, invigorate, tabouret, mirth, candelabra, commodious, volition
 * **Chapters 31-34:** (French accents can not be used here) remonstrance, sumptuous, patois, reverie, stupor, insurmountable, despondency, voluptuous, demented, incoherent, Bon Dieu (Good Lord! My God!), peignoir (lingerie - a nightgown/robe set), soirees musicales (musical evening performances), Ah! si tu savais (Oh! If only you knew...), la belle dame (the lovely lady), ma foi (my faith), Bonne nuit, ma reine, soyez sage (Good night, my queen, be good/well-behaved), les mets (food), les entre-mets (snacks), la corbeille (the basket) Other French vocabulary: Allez-vous-en! (Go on with you!); accouchement (delivery=baby); camaraderie (friendship); par example (by example); blaguer-farceur-gros bete, va (prankster-joker-fat "beast", go); mais ce n'est pas mal! (But, that's not bad!); Elle s'y connait, elle a de la force, oui (She knows about it, she is strong, yes); ma chere (my dear/dearest/darling); pauvre cherie (poor darling); Tiens, (Well,well/So)' "Voila que Mme Ratignolle est jalouse!" (It's/There's Mrs. Ratignolle who is jealous)