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2202 words, in teaching order
intellointellectual, highbrow; nerd, egghead
Noun
séculairea hundred-year-old; centuries old; once-a-century; centennial; ancient, timeless
Adjective
filantspinning (as a thread)
Adjective
délétèrehazardous to health and life; pernicious, nocive, toxic; harmful to situations or relations; injurious, damaging
Adjective
indissociableindissociable, inseparable, inextricably linked
Adjective
caveaucrypt, sepulchre; a small cellar used to store wines and liquors; a dark place, place without light; a subterranean club, café, cabaret; a dug-out or sod hut
Noun
arrosagewatering (act of giving or adding water); bribery, bribe
Noun
richementrichly; wealthily; expensively
Adverb
avarestingy, miserly
Adjective
bayarda solid type of stretcher for carrying heavy loads
Noun
transpirationtranspiration (process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes); sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation)
Noun
quenelledumpling, quenelle; penis; quenelle (gesture)
Noun
cintrecurve; centering; hanger (for clothes); handlebar (not including the stem)
Noun
vipèreviper; a malignant person
Noun
néonneon (the gas); neon (luminous tube)
Noun
grillagetrellis (of wire or plastic); wire netting; grilling
Noun
ouïehearing, audition; gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals); f-hole, sound hole
Noun
boulerto inflate, swell up
Verb
solublesoluble (that can be dissolved); solvable (that can be solved)
Adjective
bosqueta clump of trees; a grove
Noun
économepenny-wise; thrifty; economical
Adjective
ravitaillerto resupply (army, etc.); to refuel; to revictual; to stock up, take on fresh supplies
Verb
étouffantoppressive, sultry, stifling, stuffy
Adjective
mammouthmammoth (extinct elephant-like mammal); mammoth (something very large)
Noun
fruitéfruity (containing fruit or fruit flavoring)
Adjective
trompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
Noun
échevintown magistrate; alderman, municipal councillor
Noun
nageoirefin (of fish); flipper (of dolphin, seal, walrus etc.)
Noun
laveurcleaner (person who cleans)
Noun
lamellestrip (of food etc.); thin plate, lamina, lamella; vertical blinds
Noun
essoufflerto knock the wind out of, leave breathless; to become breathless; to run out of steam, to tail off
Verb
comparatifcomparative (a grammatical structure used to compare or contrast); comparative (a word, particularly an adjective or adverb, in comparative form)
Noun
framboiseraspberry (fruit); framboise (a Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with raspberry)
Noun
rairay, beam (of light etc.); spoke (of wheel)
Noun
rationaliserto rationalize; to streamline (to make more efficient)
Verb
chateaubriandchateaubriand (steak cut from a beef tenderloin)
Noun
déboulerto tumble down, fall down; to turn up, show up, drop in
Verb
abreuverto water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person); to drink; to shower (someone)
Verb
frileuxsensitive to the cold, psychrosensitive; tepid, lukewarm, chilly
Adjective
affluerto flow (into) (said of rivers); to pour (in), to come in droves (said of people, things)
Verb