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4876 words, in teaching order

Words 4701–4800

of French Guiana; Guianese

Adjective

walkman, personal stereo

Noun

irascible

Adjective

recklessness, boldness, temerity

Noun

Pre-1990 spelling of toréro (“torero, bullfighter, toreador”).

Noun

panic, terror; insanity, craziness, lunacy

Noun

to perch; to perch (oneself), to be perched

Verb

yawn (the action of yawning); large gap

Noun

kaleidoscope (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs)

Noun

nomadism; mobile working

Noun

to make sacred

Verb

to shout, scream, vociferate

Verb

rag

Noun

to affect with a cold, to give someone a cold (illness)

Verb

to yawn

Verb

chimney sweep

Noun

remarriage

Noun

to discharge, pour

Verb

uprooting; extracting, extraction; snatching, grabbing

Noun

to stammer; to stutter

Verb

salt cellar, salt shaker (a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling)

Noun

Phrygian

Adjective

the act of falling asleep

Noun

miner's house (in Northern France); mining village

Noun

philter (a kind of potion, charm, or drug intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver)

Noun

unequally

Adverb

fulgurance, effulgence, a flash of light like lightning; a flash of inspiration

Noun

scorching

Adjective

to thin, taper; to fray

Verb

negritude

Noun

loyally

Adverb

emotivity, emotionality

Noun

hugging and kissing; embrace

Noun

livid (in colour), bluish and extremely pale

Adjective

criminologist

Noun

design; fashion design

Noun

Incan

Adjective

to slice through, slay (with a sword); to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)

Verb

to read constantly (for pleasure)

Verb

anesthetic

Noun

Arthurian

Adjective

hopscotch

Noun

spendthrift, profligate

Adjective

talkative (talking a great deal with ease, and quickly changing subjects); inconstant, changeable, variable

Adjective

Type of sausage that is eaten grilled and hot, made from elements of the pig's digestive tract (usually the large intestine and stomach).

Noun

immoderate, excessive

Adjective

adroitly, skilfully

Adverb

cordial; stimulant

Noun

hypothalamus

Noun

brawl, punch-up, scrap

Noun

yes

Adverb

désagrégation

disintegration

Noun

manutentionnaire

warehouseman

Noun

tearful, grief-stricken

Adjective

tauromachy

Noun

bouillabaisse (fish soup from Provence)

Noun

quinquagénaire

quinquagenarian, fiftysomething

Noun

électromécanique

electromechanics

Noun

to crossbreed; to mix

Verb

vanilla, vanilla-flavoured

Adjective

to thrill, shiver, quiver; to vibrate; to twitch, start, shudder, jump

Verb

to play the piano poorly; to drum the fingers; to type (use a computer keyboard), to type away at

Verb

videocassette recorder

Noun

medievalist (one who studies culture and history in the Middle Ages)

Noun

to believe (something false)

Verb

to sheathe (a sword), to holster (a gun), etc.; to swallow, hold back (force oneself to not utter)

Verb

Wolof (language)

Noun

irrational; unreasoned

Adjective

idling about, dawdling about, loafing about; stroll

Noun

topaz (color and gemstone)

Noun

gueridon (small round table with sculpted figures); any small round table

Noun

any species of bananas relating to the genus Musa; boat or ship used to transport bananas

Noun

fax (“message”)

Noun

washerwoman

Noun

to use/wear for the first time, to premiere; (of clothes) to break in; (figurative) to unveil, introduce; to be the guinea pig

Verb

consumerist

Adjective

to tile; to pave

Verb

only used in à la bonne franquette and bonne franquette

Noun

affability, bonhomie

Noun

a conceited person, frivolous person, vain person

Noun

doublet

Noun

slangy

Adjective

absent-mindedly

Adverb

vernacular name for various trees of the genus Dipteryx, including Dipteryx odorata and Dipteryx alata.; aromatic seed from a tree of the genus Dipteryx.

Noun

indissoluble

Adjective

Having a good or bad disposition, in a good or bad mood

Adjective

to astonish, to wow

Verb

Anglo-Saxon; English, English-speaking, Anglo-American; originating from, or related to the culture of, Western English-speaking countries generally

Adjective

to surround

Verb

concert performer (especially a soloist)

Noun

désacralisation

desecration

Noun

dubbing; conferral of knighthood

Noun

slovenly

Adjective

about eight; a group of eight, an octad; an eight-night period; a week; pendulette that one only winds up every eight days

Noun

malice, spite; malignancy

Noun

to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder); to thunder (scream loudly and harshly)

Verb

anti-smoking (opposing smoking)

Adjective

fast food; fast food restaurant

Noun

unforeseen event, unpredictable event

Noun

blandness, dullness, insipidness

Noun