Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky

J B.
A Modern Library edition, translated from Russian by Constance Garnett, copyright 1950.
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  1. garret
    floor consisting of open space at the top of a house
  2. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  3. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  4. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  5. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  6. pothouse
    tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms
  7. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  8. fastidiousness
    the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
  9. dray
    a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
  10. bawl
    cry loudly
  11. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  12. impotency
    the quality of lacking strength or power
  13. tenement
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  14. diminutiveness
    the property of being very small in size
  15. mangy
    affected with a skin disease causing itching and hair loss
  16. muslin
    plain-woven cotton fabric
  17. ikon
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  18. rouble
    the basic unit of money in Russia
  19. copeck
    100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
  20. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  21. concertina
    free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
  22. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  23. cravat
    a scarf or band of cloth worn around the neck
  24. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  25. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
  26. grizzled
    having gray or partially gray hair
  27. dejected
    affected or marked by low spirits
  28. admonishing
    expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
  29. titular
    existing in name only
  30. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  31. solemnity
    a trait of dignified seriousness
  32. barge
    a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads
  33. snigger
    laugh quietly
  34. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  35. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  36. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  37. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  38. farthing
    a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
  39. revile
    spread negative information about
  40. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  41. partition
    separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
  42. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  43. chintz
    a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
Created on Wed Oct 03 12:29:58 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Oct 13 17:36:27 EDT 2012)

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