Count of Monte Cristo Vocabulary

• adj. mournful; depressed
• n. a gloomy state of mine, especially when prolonged or habitual

adj. utterly compliant or deferential

adj. having intense feeling, emotion, or devotion; passionate; fervent

v. to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition

n. a principle of conduct

adj. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved

adj. having an offensive odor

n. a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance

adj. having or showing great intensity or spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.

n. a characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane; easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible

n. inventive talent; cleverness or skillfulness or conception or design

n. active strength or force; healthy physical or mental energy or power

adj. extraordinary in size, amount, extend, degree, force, etc.

adj. persevering; industrious; devoted

n. absolute refusal or belief

adj. deathly pale; pallid; ashen; enraged; furiously angry

n. a moral or ethical consideration or standard that as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions

adv. pouring out; overflowing (emotionally)

n. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed

adj. elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.; inspiring awe; impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur

n. a charge made by the accused against an accuser

adj. not to be appeased or pacified (refusal to be satisfied)

v. obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means

n. the making of amends for wrong or injury done

n. respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentance of death

adj. showing or expressing romantic love; impassioned romantically

adj. indicating tender, sentimental melancholy

n. that which is presented to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason

n. a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravageance; spendthrift

adj. rich and full in sound, as language or verse

v. to infuse or saturate something thoroughly

v. to do; perform

n. unnatural paleness, suually from fear, illness, or death

n. insatiable greed for riches

n. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; animosity

n. fluctuation between beliefs, opinions, conditions

adj. unfailiing in effectiveness or operation; certain

adj. having a shrill, irritating quality or character

adj. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic

adj. disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful