The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles                  Vocabulary list  3

1.         Empirical [53] – derived from or guided by experience or experiment; depending upon experience or observation alone, without using science or theory

2.         Banal [53] – hackneyed; trite

3.         Onerous [54] – burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome

4.         Peccadillo [55] – sin or offense; a trifling fault

5.         Tacitly [55] – silently; not openly expressed, but implied; understood or inferred

6.         loquacious [59] – talking or disposed to talk much or freely; talkative

7.         vitriolic [61] – severely caustic or scathing

8.         implacable [63] – not to be appeased or pacified

9.         expunge [63] – remove; erase

10.         ascendancy [64] – governing or controlling influence; domination

11.      abeyance [64] – temporary inactivity or suspension; a state of waiting for the ascertainment of the person entitled to ownership

12.      anticlimax [65] – a noticeable or ludicrous descent in discourse from lofty ideas or expressions to what is much less impressive; an abrupt descent in dignity; an inglorious conclusion

13.      expedience [67] – advantageousness; advisability; a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest

14.      malaise [68] – a condition of indefinite bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of disease

15.      hegemony [69] – leadership or predominant influence exercised by one over another; leadership; predominance

16.      dissoluteness [75] – indifference to moral restraints; licentious; given over to dissipation

17.      Poignant [82] keenly distressing to the mental or physical feelings

18.      trepidation [82[ - fear; agitation; alarm

19.      taciturn [85] – inclined to silence, or reserved in speech; not inclined to conversation

20.      provinciality [88] – the state of being countrified

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