Crime and Punishment Part 1, Pevear and Volokhonsky trans.

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words only definitions & notes
  1. axiom
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
    4
  2. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
    12
  3. titular
    of or relating to a legal title to something
    12
  4. paradisal
    relating to or befitting Paradise
    21
  5. frippery
    something of little value or significance
    22
  6. consumptive
    afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
    25
  7. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
    25
  8. insolent
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
    27
  9. caustic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
    27
  10. bilious
    irritable as if suffering from indigestion
    27
  11. monomania
    an unhealthy obsession or preoccupation with one thing
    28
  12. besom
    a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
    28
  13. madcap
    a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
    32
  14. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
    32
  15. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
    33
  16. reproach
    express criticism towards
    33
  17. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
    33
  18. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
    34
  19. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
    35
  20. rapturous
    feeling great delight
    37
  21. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
    40
  22. hoodwink
    influence by slyness
    41
  23. concubine
    a woman who cohabits with an important man
    43
  24. fleece
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    44
  25. vexatious
    causing irritation or annoyance
    47
  26. ragamuffin
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
    47
  27. foppish
    overly concerned with extreme elegance in dress and manner
    47
  28. commiseration
    feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
    48
  29. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
    49
  30. ardor
    a feeling of strong eagerness
    61
  31. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
    61
  32. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
    63
  33. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
    68
  34. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
    71
  35. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
    5
  36. loathing
    hate coupled with disgust
    9, Raskolnikov
  37. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    12
  38. rapture
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
    12
  39. destitution
    a state without money or prospects
    13, Marmeladov
  40. casuistry
    argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle
    43, Raskolnikov
  41. revery
    an abstracted state of absorption
    80, Raskolnikov
  42. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
    80, Raskolnikov

    word history: Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit’, of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive’.
  43. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
    84, Raskolnikov
Created on Mon Aug 14 09:52:19 EDT 2017 (updated Sat Sep 09 12:33:44 EDT 2017)

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