The Winepress - Vocabulary

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 604.

arithmetic mathematics (adding, multiplying etc)

aroma scent

bateau-mouche sightseeing boat for tourists on the River Seine in Paris

bulbous large and round

cask wooden container

claret French red wine

concealed hid

contempt feeling that a person or thing is worthless

coup de foudre love from the first sight (French)

cultivated educated about art

dabbed touched lightly

decent pretty good

denouncements accusations

entertained hosted a party

excessively with extra effort than necessary

fathomless deep, incomprehensible

flung threw wildly

fumes strong smell that makes it hard to breathe

game hunted birds and other animals (for food or sport)

gazed looked at intently with wide eyes

genuine real

glances looks that last only a short moment

grief-stricken upset because of a loss

harvest season when crops are ready to pick

heaven forbid expressing a strong wish that something does not happen

humiliating causing embarrassment

idyllic peaceful, perfect

impassively without expression, not showing emotion

insinuations suggestions about someone that are not nice

intention aim or plan

loathed hated

lunged moved forward suddenly and quickly

peasant poor person who usually lives off the land

pedigree record of ancestry, line of relatives

poised prepared to act

raconteur a skilful storyteller

ravishing very beautiful, entrancing

reasoned analyzed and formed judgment logically

resorted to did because nothing else worked

root early stage, cause

shuddered trembled or shook because of cold or fear

termagant a bad-tempered, noisy woman

veal the meat of a young cow

vigorous strong, energetic

vintage top wine, usually wine from a specific year

vineyard place where grapes are grown

visibly easily seen

welled up filled up (often with liquid)

winepress machine or equipment used to squeeze the juice out of grapes