Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai)

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Masochistic

deriving pleasure from being abused or dominated

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Somnambulate

walk in one's sleep

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Plaintive

expressing sorrow

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4

Audacity

aggressive or outright boldness

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Statutory

relating to or created by regulations

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Tryst

a secret rendezvous, especially a romantic one

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Insidious

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

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Macabre

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

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Superannuated

too old to be useful

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Vertiginous

having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

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Undulate

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

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12

Sate

fill to contentment

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13

Limpid

clear and bright

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Surreptitious

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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15

Bourgeois

being of the property-owning class

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16

Risible

arousing or provoking laughter

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17

Foist

force onto another

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18

Redolent

having a strong pleasant odor

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Incognito

without revealing one's identity

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Trepidation

a feeling of alarm or dread

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