French Reading Vocabulary

Question 1

Affliger (v)

Answer 1

To upset, distress, grieve, or pain

Question 2

Affliger [qqn] de [qch]

Answer 2

Afflict with or inflict on

Question 3

Vicié (adj)

Answer 3

Contaminated, tainted

Question 4

Quoique (conj)

Answer 4

Although (conjunction)

Question 5

Sein (nm)

Answer 5

Breast, heart, center; womb, bosom (littéraire)

Question 6

Au sein de…[qch] (loc)

Answer 6

Within, at the heart/center of…(phrase)

Question 7

Occulter (v)

Answer 7

To mask, screen, conceal, hide; obscure eclipse, disguise, detract from.

Question 8

Ambages (nfpl)

Answer 8

Detours, deviations, digressions (littéraire).

Question 9

Foi (nf)

Answer 9

Faith, belief, confidence.

Question 10

Charogne (nf)

Answer 10

Carrion, rotting carcass; bastard or bitch.

Question 11

Effondrer (v); s’effondre

Answer 11

To knock down, demolish, dismantle; fall down, cave in, collapse.

Question 12

Empreinte (nf)

Answer 12

Print, trace, mark; track, spoor (animal); fingerprint or footprint.

Question 13

Vêtir (v); se vêtir

Answer 13

To dress (littéraire); to dress yourself, clothe yourself.

Question 14

Haïr (v); se haïr

Answer 14

To hate, loathe, detest; to hate each other, hate one another.

Question 15

Deuil (nm)

Answer 15

Bereavement, death, loss; mourning; period of mourning.

Question 16

Interpeller (v)

Answer 16

To call out to, shout out to, hail, shout at, heckle; stop, question, arrest, take in for questioning (police).

Question 17

Entretenir (v)

Answer 17

To maintain, look after; keep [sth] going/up; to have, keep, enjoy.

Question 18

Essuyer (v); s’essuyer

Answer 18

To wipe, dry; to dry yourself

Question 19

Régir (v)

Answer 19

To reign over, rule, preside over; hold sway over, govern, determine.

Question 20

Pareil (adj)

Answer 20

The same, all the same, identical; such, of the sort, like that; likewise; me too!

Question 21

Désirer (v)

Answer 21

To want, like; desire, crave, long for, yearn for; desire, lust after.

Question 22

Troupeau (nm)

Answer 22

Herd, flock, gaggle.

Question 23

Malgré (prep); malgré tout

Answer 23

Despite, in spire of; anyway.

Question 24

Fauteuil (nm)

Answer 24

Armchair, chair; seat.

Question 25

Pousser (v)

Answer 25

Grow, come through, push through; drive, push forcefully; shove, jostle.

Question 26

Maladroit (adj)

Answer 26

Clumsy, gauche, butter-fingered; heavy-handed, awkward, inexpert.

Question 27

Affreux (adj)

Answer 27

Awful, atrocious, terrible, dreadful; ghastly, hideous, ugly.

Question 28

Démarrer (v)

Answer 28

To start, start up; begin; get going.

Question 29

Éprouver (v)

Answer 29

To have, feel, experience; test; try, test, blight (crops).

Question 30

Tâcher de faire [qch]…(loc)

Answer 30

Try to do something, attempt to do something (phrase)

Question 31

Tacher (v)

Answer 31

To stain, dirty, get dirty, make dirty, get a stain on; sully

Question 32

Relever (v)

Answer 32

To pick something up, lift something; raise; pull, hike something up.

Question 33

Échouer (v)

Answer 33

To run aground; to wash up, wash ashore; to end up, wind up; to fail.

Question 34

S’échouer (v pron)

Answer 34

To beach, to be washed up, to be beached.

Question 35

Hivernage (nm)

Answer 35

Wintering, overwintering