Vocabulary from The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

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Chapters 1-3

despicable:

shroud:

influenza:

penitence:

zeal:

oratory:

atheist:

endurance:

aberration:

translucent:

corset:

fidget:

cataclysm:

fanaticism:

illusionist:

tumult:

incomprehensible:

shriek:

unpretentious:

euphoria:

clairvoyance:

unrequited:

ministration:

teetotaler:

acrostic:

requisition:

laudanum:

solemnity:

aquiline:

concession:

tutelage:

rapprochement:

privation:

indecipherable:

grimace:

immunization:

whimper:

dowry:

undaunting:

gelatinous:

suffragette:

oligarchy:

harangue:

Chapters 4-6

vaudeville:

cupola:

decipher:

deject:

pursuit:

impeccable:

initiation:

gargoyle:

chilblains:

meticulous:

lament:

chalice:

austere:

volition:

protracted:

cadence:

litany:

tenement:

inflammatory:

calamity:

apocalyptic:

exuberant:

ferocity:

swarthy:

translucent:

premonition:

crochet:

scoundrel:

beneficent:

contortion:

hacienda;

concoct:

quell:

pendulum:

propensity:

alms:

subversive:

parable:

sullen:

equilibrium:

disconcert:

trill:

diffuse:

implement:

chasuble:

replete:

imminent:

trough:

anguish:

parsimonious:

smithereens:

protract:

pompous:

reverberation:

pagan:

subversive:

compassion:

diaphanous:

amorous:

feign:

stupefaction:

incorrigible:

clandestine:

charismatic:

discreet:

anecdote:

imperceptible:

phantasmagoric:

upshot:

Chapters 7-10

heretical:

prodigious:

delirium:

austerity:

pelt:

languid:

outlandish:

nauseate:

contortion:

constraint:

emulate:

undulate:

ignoramus:

emaciated:

fervent:

infinitesimal:

nuptial:

melancholy:

swelter:

immutable:

nomadic:

hallucination:

interminable:

mockery:

exquisite:

cloistered:

supersede:

nirvana:

omen:

glee:

denture:

salvage:

sustain:

asphyxiation:

remnant:

crevice:

pretext:

simultaneous:

unbridled:

ferocity:

austerity:

novitiate:

perpetuity:

ingenious:

necropolis:

muffle;

digression:

sublimate:

insomniac:

catalyze:

courtesan:

exploit:

Chapters 11-Epilogue

contemplate:

improvise:

placard:

impunity:

disconcert:

luminous:

detoxification:

disdainfully:

euphoric:

languish:

sabotage:

candor:

relinquish:

perishable:

furtive:

dexterity:

inflammatory:

lucid:

excrement:

dismantle:

bouillon:

placid:

oblivious:

knead;

pinafore:

repression:

macabre:

irrefutable:

perish: