USLL Ch. 12-14 Vocab

manier

to handle

chuchoter

to whisper

pétri(e)

full of

Une bagatelle

little thing

brimer

to bully

un clivage

division or split

vil

vile

scinder

to divide or to split

déboussolé

disoriented

houspiller

to reprimand or to reproach

se repaître

to rejoice

hardi

adventurous, bold or daring

frêle

fragile

dévalé

faded

renchérir

to outdo someone else, or to have the last word

vénéré

venerated or revered

Une pomme d’Adam

Adam’s apple

draconien

draconian or excessively harsh

endiguer

to contain or to restrain

jauger

mesurer

dépité

discouraged and frustrated

rager

to be infuriated

bafoué

flouted (to disregard the rules)

immoler

to sacrifice

luisant

gleaming

net

clair (clear)

un cauris

a cowry shell

se mirer

to see yourself in a mirror (se regarder dans un miroir)

endiguer

stem

guetter

to watch out for, to be on the lookout for

broussarde

from the country or not from the city

tenaillé

squeezed

acuité

acuity

se liguer contre

to be against someone or something (an idea or a concept)

Une dystonie

dystonia (a movement disorder that causes muscles to contract involuntarily)

une ponction lombaire

a lumbar puncture (medical procedure)

ponctuer

punctuate

bouder

to make a face or to pout