Les Miserables Vocabulary

Question 1

Hurly Burly

Answer 1

Busy, Boisterous activity

Question 2

Capricious

Answer 2

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

Question 3

Curbed

Answer 3

Restrain or keep in check

Question 4

Nettle

Answer 4

Irritate or annoy someone

Question 5

Indefinite

Answer 5

Lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time

Question 6

Dandy

Answer 6

A man unduly devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance

Question 7

Expatiating

Answer 7

Speak or write at length or in detail

Question 8

Lofty

Answer 8

Of imposing height

Question 9

Flowery

Answer 9

Full of elaborate or literary words or phrases

Question 10

Mendicant

Answer 10

Given to begging

Question 11

Impetuous

Answer 11

Acting or done quickly, without thought or care

Question 12

Ineffable

Answer 12

To great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 13

Pallor

Answer 13

An unhealthy pale appearance

Question 14

Ignoble

Answer 14

Not honorable in character or purpose

Question 15

Candor

Answer 15

The quality or being open and honest in expression; frankness

Question 16

Veneration

Answer 16

Great respect; reverence

Question 17

Autography

Answer 17

An autobiography; an account of a person written by the person

Question 18

Homogeneous

Answer 18

Of the same kind; alike

Question 19

Harrows

Answer 19

Cause distress to

Question 20

Excavation

Answer 20

Make a hole or channel by digging. Usually used in terms of Archaeology

Question 21

Superfluous

Answer 21

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Question 22

Auspicious

Answer 22

Favorable, promising

Question 23

Cloister

Answer 23

a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.

Question 24

Chemise

Answer 24

Underclothes for women that looked like a smock

Question 25

Pious

Answer 25

Devoutly Religious

Question 26

Epoch

Answer 26

a period of time in history or someones life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics; an era

Question 27

Precipice

Answer 27

A very steep rock face or cliff

Question 28

Austere

Answer 28

Severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance

Question 29

Uncouth

Answer 29

Of a person or their appearance or behavior, lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 30

Funerial

Answer 30

Suiting a funeral; pertaining to a burial

Question 31

Chimera

Answer 31

A thing that is hoped or wished for but is illusory and impossible to achieve
Also a Greek mythological creature with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a snake. This monster also breathes fire and is typically female

Question 32

Laconic

Answer 32

Of a person, speech, or style of writing, using very few words