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Madame Bovary Vocabulary

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Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Oxford University Press
Here's a vocabulary list from Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert. Use these terms for reference, study, and discussion.

Madame Bovary: By Chapter (by appearance)

Chapter 1
  • beadle
  • Monsieur
  • heterogeneous
  • busby
  • shapska
  • toque
  • crescendo
  • exactitude
  • conscription
  • resignation
  • haberdasher
  • aplomb
  • estrangement
  • shrewish
  • torpor
  • prattle
  • sacristy
  • hugger-mugger
  • helter-skelter
  • dormitory
  • refectory
  • tutelage
  • ironmonger
  • accessit
  • Physiology
  • etymology
  • battledore
  • shuttlecock
  • habitue
  • cabaret
  • abstinence
Chapter 2
  • furze
  • facetious
  • chirurgeon
  • bistoury
  • candour
  • chintz
  • chignon
  • monotony
  • servility
  • hypocrisy
  • obstinacy
  • meditation
Chapter 3
  • bereavement
  • invalid
  • delicacy
  • solitude
  • liqueur
  • curacoa
  • andirons
  • modulations
  • dowry
  • trousseau
Chapter 4
  • cabriolets
  • tippets
  • gawky
  • pomade
  • resplendent
  • rosin
  • donjon
  • tranter
  • kirschwasser
  • ribald
  • crupper
Chapter 5
  • frieze
  • espalier
  • sundial
  • pedestal
  • breviary
  • nuptial
  • alcove
  • cockle-shells
  • bandbox
  • splashboards
  • ringlet
  • foulard
  • agape
  • circumference
  • intoxication
Chapter 6
  • refectory
  • catechism
  • curate

  • tapers

  • tranquil

  • precipitous

  • archiepiscopal

  • spinster

  • postilions

  • chatelaines

  • scimitars

  • dithyrambic

  • minarets

  • ethereal

  • novenas

  • inculcate

Madame Bovary: Alphabetically Listed

  • abstinence

  • accessit

  • adultery

  • agape

  • alcove

  • andirons

  • aplomb

  • archiepiscopal

  • bandbox

  • battledore

  • beadle

  • bereavement

  • bistoury

  • bourgeois

  • breviary

  • busby

  • cabaret

  • cabriolets

  • candour

  • catechism

  • chatelaines

  • chignon

  • chintz

  • chirurgeon

  • circumference

  • cockle-shells

  • conscription

  • crescendo

  • crupper

  • curacoa

  • curate

  • dithyrambic

  • donjon

  • dormitory

  • dowry

  • duplicitous

  • espalier

  • estrangement

  • ethereal

  • etymology

  • exactitude

  • facetious

  • foulard

  • frieze

  • furze

  • gawky

  • haberdasher

  • habitue

  • helter-skelter

  • heterogeneous

  • hugger-mugger

  • hypocrisy

  • inculcate

  • infidelity

  • intoxication

  • invalid

  • ironmonger

  • kirschwasser

  • liqueur

  • meditation

  • minarets

  • modulations

  • monotony

  • Monsieur

  • novenas

  • nuptial

  • obstinacy

  • pedestal

  • Physiology

  • pomade

  • postilions

  • prattle

  • precipitous

  • refectory

  • resignation

  • resplendent

  • ribald

  • ringlet

  • romanticism

  • rosin

  • sacristy

  • scimitars

  • servility

  • shapska

  • shrewish

  • shuttlecock

  • solitude

  • spinster

  • splashboards

  • sundial

  • tapers

  • tippets

  • toque

  • torpor

  • tranquil

  • tranter

  • trousseau

  • tutelage

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