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4876 words, in teaching order

Words 4001–4100
métissage
miscegenation
Noun
cueillette
gathering, collecting, picking (act of gathering, collecting or picking crops, or other items (payments, data))
Noun
épicier
grocer
Noun
asservir
to enslave
Verb
délicatement
delicately
Adverb
relativité
relativity (quality of what is relative, state of being relative); relativity
Noun
toutou
doggie, bow-wow (dog); soft toy, stuffed animal; poodle (person servile towards someone whom they consider their superior)
Noun
veilleur
watchman
Noun
couturier
couturier
Noun
trinquer
to clink glasses, toast; to booze, drink alcohol
Verb
pourpre
burgundy in color
Adjective
satin
satin
Noun
capituler
to surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)
Verb
sucrerie
sugar refinery; confection, sweet, bonbon, candy
Noun
hamster
hamster
Noun
amérindien
Amerindian
Adjective
militantisme
militancy; activism
Noun
multicolore
multicoloured
Adjective
micro-ordinateur
microcomputer; personal computer; PC
Noun
individualiste
individualist
Noun
manne
manna; godsend, windfall; large wicker basket
Noun
marginal
dropout, misfit (person that chooses to live on the fringes of society)
Noun
géologue
geologist
Noun
remarquablement
remarkably, outstandingly
Adverb
chaleureusement
passionately, warmly, animatedly; with warm regards
Adverb
solennellement
solemnly
Adverb
invariablement
invariably
Adverb
sensationnel
sensational (very good)
Adjective
captif
captive
Adjective
coordinateur
coordinator
Noun
hydroélectrique
hydroelectric
Adjective
gémissement
moan, groan
Noun
ambulancier
ambulanceman; paramedic
Noun
affectionner
to affectionate, to feel affection for, to be fond of
Verb
idéaliste
idealist
Noun
traîneau
sled, sledge, sleigh
Noun
salsa
salsa (dance or music); salsa (sauce)
Noun
adage
adage
Noun
bulbe
bulb (bulb-shaped root)
Noun
pantoufle
slipper, house slipper (footwear); horseshoe
Noun
assécher
to dry out; to dry
Verb
meubler
to furnish; to break the silence
Verb
pédaler
to pedal (a bicycle)
Verb
tabagisme
tobacco usage habit; nicotine addiction
Noun
catégoriquement
categorically
Adverb
horriblement
horribly
Adverb
aristocratique
aristocratic
Adjective
méprisant
disdainful, contemptuous, condescending
Adjective
turbulent
turbulent; unruly
Adjective
phonétique
phonetic
Adjective
gladiateur
gladiator
Noun
charnel
carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Adjective
dégradant
degrading
Adjective
vendange
vintage (yield of grapes for wine-making); grapes harvested for wine-making; grape harvest season
Noun
solvant
solvent
Noun
dynamiser
to dynamize, dynamise (make more dynamic)
Verb
bûche
log
Noun
circonscrire
to circumscribe
Verb
banaliser
to banalise; to downplay, normalize, trivialize; to dismiss something unusual and serious as commonplace
Verb
filon
lode, seam, vein
Noun
aspirant
aspirant; officer candidate, officer designate, midshipman
Noun
terrien
land, earth; Earth; possessing land, earth; landed
Adjective
ellipse
ellipse (the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone); ellipsis (the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated)
Noun
brillamment
brilliantly, superbly; shiningly
Adverb
tacher
to soil or stain; to tarnish one's reputation
Verb
faïence
faience
Noun
pastille
small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air; pastille, lozenge, drop (medicinal or candy); lozenge-shaped figure in a design; the conductive part of a printed circuit board that components are fixed to
Noun
helvétique
Swiss
Adjective
divulgation
divulgation
Noun
bouleversant
heartrending, deeply moving, deeply touching, earth-shattering (very upsetting)
Adjective
dressage
training; dressage
Noun
empiéter
to encroach, impinge
Verb
moyenner
to calculate the mean; to obtain
Verb
informatif
informative, instructive
Adjective
enrichissant
enriching
Adjective
affairer
to absorb; to busy oneself
Verb
rallonger
to lengthen (to make longer)
Verb
hammam
hammam (communal bathhouse in Islamic countries); Turkish bath
Noun
conflictuel
confrontational, conflictual
Adjective
biotechnologie
biotechnology
Noun
catalan
Catalan (the Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero)
Noun
référentiel
reference frame, frame of reference; repository
Noun
éminemment
eminently (in an eminent manner)
Adverb
agilité
agility
Noun
cime
peak, summit (of mountain); top (of tree)
Noun
romanesque
novelistic; having qualities that pertain to a novel; romantic in the sense of the romanticism attributed to novels.
Adjective
maniaque
maniac (insane person); person obsessed with something, fanatic about something; neat freak, clean freak
Noun
continuel
continuous, continual
Adjective
étoiler
to scatter or adorn with stars; synonym of consteller
Verb
récuser
to object, to make an objection; to impugn, challenge; to recuse
Verb
raccorder
to join (up)
Verb
défavoriser
to disfavour; put out; to disadvantage, to treat unfairly; to discriminate
Verb
enthousiasmer
to enthuse; to be enthusiastic about
Verb
loufoque
crazy; wild, free
Adjective
gourmet
a wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch; a culinary connoisseur, gourmet
Noun
gouttière
gutter, eavestrough; drainpipe; mouthguard; splint (to immobilise a body part); fuller (groove in a blade)
Noun
stigmatisation
stigmatization; outcasting, harsh criticism
Noun
buveur
drinker (someone who drinks, especially alcohol)
Noun
euphémisme
euphemism
Noun
subjectivité
subjectivity (stating of being subjective)
Noun