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4876 words, in teaching order
caniculethe dog days of late summer; heat wave, hot spell (regardless of the date, and especially when posing a health risk)
Noun
frustrerto frustrate, to vex; to wrongly deprive
Verb
tonalitétonality; key (scale of musical notes)
Noun
cantonnerto station; billet (troops); to be stationed, be billeted; to confine (someone to); to take refuge (in); to restrict oneself (to); focus (on); be restricted, confined; to fortify, set up or establish defenses
Verb
dénouementoutcome; dénouement; act of unwinding a position
Noun
encombrerto block off, to clutter, to clutter up, to congest; to encumber, to burden; to jam (e.g. a switchboard)
Verb
paumepalm (of the hand)
Noun
patinageskating; ice-skating; roller skating; loss of traction (of a motor vehicle)
Noun
astrecelestial body, astronomical object; star
Noun
rondellehockey puck; ring or annulus; disk; washer; onion ring; slice; asshole (anus)
Noun
riderto wrinkle; to ripple; to ride
Verb
fâcheuxannoying; irritating; unfortunate; regrettable
Adjective
attiranceattraction (the state of feeling attraction); attraction (the state of being attractive)
Noun
floraisonflowering, florescence; an instance of flowering
Noun
baraqueshack, hut; stall, stand; pad, crib (house); musclehead, muscleman, man built like a brick shithouse, bulky man (large and muscular man)
Noun
tuniquetunic (garment); membrane
Noun
piétinerto stomp (make loud sounds by stepping); to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty); to make no headway, to go into a dead end; to trample (underfoot)
Verb
introuvableunfindable, nowhere to be found; unobtainable or nonexistent; elusive, rare
Adjective
éloignementdistancing (putting something further away); removal; distance between two things; long time ago; long distance; distance (lack of intimacy)
Noun
banderolebanner (in political demonstration); banderole (in the sense of "streamer, little banner, little flag"); streamer (as a decoration); banderole (flat band with an inscription)
Noun
lièvrehare; pacesetter, pacemaker, pacer
Noun
écuyersquire, equerry; rider, horseman
Noun
aveuglerto blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)
Verb
fiançaillesengagement (before a marriage); betrothal
Noun
actionnerto work (to set into action), actuate, action
Verb
résignerto relinquish, renounce; to resign oneself (to)
Verb
déchiffrerto decipher (all meanings); to sightread (or sight read)
Verb
carcassecarcass (dead animal); carcass; skeleton; bones (of a plan); an assembly of pieces of wood, metal or another substance making up the framework of a construction
Noun
tremplinspringboard; springboard (something to jumpstart or boost e.g. a career); ski jump (ramp)
Noun
promptprompt, swift, quick; curt
Adjective
fourneaustove (cooker); stove (heater); chamber (of a tobacco pipe); beggar, hobo
Noun
entasserto pile (objects), to hoard (money etc.); to pile up
Verb
rêveura dreamer or idealist
Noun
irruptionoutbreak (an eruption, sudden appearance); irruption
Noun
faucherto mow, to reap; to run over, to knock down; to steal
Verb
sonnettebell (for example, on a bicycle), handbell; doorbell; pile driver
Noun
péripétieperipeteia (sudden change in circumstances); chain of unexpected events
Noun
mondainworldly, mundane; chic
Adjective
irrationnelirrational; irrational (that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers)
Adjective
castecaste (hereditary class); class (social position)
Noun
affûtgun carriage; mount, tripod; hide, blind (a spot where hunters hide and await their game); hunting from a blind
Noun
étendardstandard (flag used in battle)
Noun
culminerto culminate (to come to an end); to culminate; reach the highest point
Verb
matérialiserto realize, to make happen, to materialize (to cause to take physical form); to materialize (to take physical form)
Verb