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A college required reading book for English majors, Ulysses written by James Joyce, gives the college student the opportunity to learn "beyond SAT-College Prep" vocabulary in context. We have selected 331 words for the really high powered wordsmith. Please note that the vocabulary is VERY DIFFICULT.

(Teachers: If you have a vocabulary list for this book (or for others) that you would share with us, email Jan and Carey Cook. We will post it and give you attribution if you wish! Thanks for helping us!!!)

Ulysses by James Joyce in order of appearance:

Initial 100 words
kip pet barbican rasher jalap dactyl prelate pap prepuce kine chemise terrene ferrule ashplant vellum buckler ineluctable diaphanous catalectic heresiarch crosier miter dun, coign of vantage nuncle moiety lithia houyhnhnm monstrance commination basilisk footpace tonsure geld alb pyx monstrance housel hypostasis twine transept diphthong fubsy epiphany valise farl matin postprandial fustian damascene cataract ineluctable leprous bub jakes haugh scapular navvy moustache liana peri gutta-percha mignonette cynosure par brawn headcheese contumely afflatus hostler firedrake prepuce mesial voluble galliard usquebaugh ephebe hermetic entelechy h Huguenot cygnet chivy peripatetic Aristotelian brogue kish caul vicereine toady atelier daguerreotype treacle communard cloaca mazurka galley par stager plinth simnel

Second 100 words
caper quiff flagon advowson nonesuch sophism sophistry lapidary embonpoint dishabille soubrette vesta lynch-gate lough flitch contrition hoarding mantilla presbytery welkin vellum capuchin thurifer ostiary collop usquebaugh piaster yeomanry skivvy zouave plaudit loquat rapparee croppy avoirdupois plaice rennet sepoy aliquot lachrymal sobriquet antimacassar shebeen charabanc contretemps sodality retrousse fane golliwog reck calomel kismet shebeen navvy sylph diadem clout maidenhead trolley trotter scrofula parsimony coney enceinte dotard posset grot sapient sedulous mazer puissance dulcet epithalamium mollification abbatial scorbutic duenna catamenia menses consanguineous odalisque carapace Esau quoit birch chukker panache ablution aperient quondam doss ingle raconteur impecunious noctambulation somnambulism sangfroid tony anent rebus

Third 100 words
epistle contretemps emolument extemporaneously militate inculcate facile embonpoint nisi lubric lubricious quietus cark soiree philippic potation pelf superannuated supernumerary soi-disant duumvirate cis- hob rhabdomancy rhabdocoele falciform oleaginous supererogatory im- catarrh rondel equanimity jocose symposiarch humectant decidua lacustrine pestilent fen luteous fulvous akimbo sciatica suint terpsichorean terpsichore epaulet gules sark jujube inverness volant argent crispation lent hamadryad quoit soubrette coutille bastinado zuave apogean inchoate oviparous moiety alimentary divan augur apothegm monkshood virgule ogham sesquipedalian somnambulant veridical connubial curricle kedge natation wherry weir rectitude covin hachure helotism dun septentrion pike enteric fete tellurian micturate valedictory plait rutilant cicatrize obviate calefactory neuralgia recrudescence

Last 30 words
tetragrammaton atelier Haggadah protasis topiary quickset hornbeam primogeniture gavelkind unguiculate pruritic ormolu messuage comestible charabanc boustrophedon thaumaturgic thaumaturgy concupiscence abnegation aorist preterit frangible gimcrack pinafore gabber peseta levanter excrescence abscission