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Scarlet Pimpernel Vocabulary and TermDouble-Check List
(You are responsible for knowing, understanding these words and references.)
Hits since 25 February 2008
"The Blue Words"
It is sometimes said that the Englishman butchers his God, then swears by the pieces.

I haven't gone through and chapter-cross-referenced this list.  If you would like the extra credit, please do that.  Your reward will not be in Heaven, but in the gradebook . . . at least for now.


“Zounds!”   “God’s wounds!”
“Begad!”     “By God!”
"Odd’s fish!’“God’s fish!”   (allusion to the eating of
fish on Friday by Catholic faithful)
“Odd’s life!” “God’s life!”
“S’faith!”     “God’s faith!”
"Zooks!"     "God's hooks!"    (fingers)
"Gadzooks!"       "God's hooks!"    (fingers again)
Ladies, please note.  We will take a test over the balance of this book when we get back from Spring Break.  Yes; I know.  I have a life, too.  Also note:  we have covered twenty-three chapters of 193 pages.  We lack but seven chapters of a whopping 71 pages.
1.01 Ghastly
1.02 Sovereign
1.03 Guillotine
1.04 Audacity
1.05 Impudent
1.06 Scarlet Pimpernel
1.07 Pompous
1.08 Execration
1.09 Sally/Sallies
1.10 Vicomte
2.01 Bustle
2.02 Jemima
2.03 Stolid
2.04 Simper
2.05 Inherent
2.06 Buxom
2.07 Historical Figure,
King Charles !
2.08 Becoming
2.09 Notoriety
2.10 Leaded (window)
2.11 Custom (retail traffic)
2.12 Jovial
2.13 John Bull
2.14 Churchwarden (pipe)
2.15 Parched
2.16 Rendezvous
2.17 Hostel
2.18 Grand Tour
2.19 Deluge
2.20 Foil (contender)
2.21 Capacious
2.22 Dejected
2.23 Rivulet
2.24 Sententious
2.25 Nigh
2.26 Interpose
2.27 Doleful
2.28 Retort
2.29 Historical Figure,
Pitt the Younger
2.30 Historical Figure,
Fox
2.31 Historical Figure,
Burke
2.32 Peremptory
2.33 Precarious
2.34 Defalcations
2.35 Equanimity
3.01 Adherent
3.02 Advent
3.03 Forelock
3.04 Countenance
3.05 Rubicund
3.06 Yacht
3.07 Melancholy
3.08 Baron (of beef)
3.09 Swell (social descriptor)
3.10 Profuse
3.11 Deferentially (defer)
3.12 Yokel
3.13 Vicomte (viscount)
3.14 Fop (foppishly)
4.01 League
4.02 Historical Figure,
King George III
4.03 Historical Figure,
King Louis XVI
4.04 Vehemence
4.05 Droll
4.06 Beard the lion
4.07 Plague
4.08 Rife
4.09 Disdain
4.10 Haughty
4.11 Plebian/Plebian
4.12 Proverbial wet blanket
5.01 Admonish
5.02 Hither
5.03 Thither
5.04 Sang-froid
5.05 Soupcon
5.06 Erstwhile
5.07 Avert
5.07 Geography --
Dover, England
5.08 Effusive
5.09 Hauteur
5.10 Conciliatory
5.11 Ardent
5.12 Culminate
5.13 Bereft
5.14 Scion
5.15 Common
5.16 Gratuitous
5.17 Hoity-toity
5.18 Wistful

5.19 Pathetic
5.20 Filial
5.21 Sally
5.22 Inane
6.01Play second fiddle
6.02Coterie
6.03Demmed
6.04Equanimity
6.05Placid
6.06Reparation
6.07Baronet
6.08Coquette
6.09Whet
6.1  Jackanapes
7.01Coast of Kent
7.02Utopia
7.03Weigh anchor
7.04Pound of flesh
7.05Blood tax
7.06Prudent
7.07Mirth(less)
7.08Vagary (ies)
7.09Wane
7.1  Geography/History --
Bosworth Field
7.11Historic Figure,
Treacherous Stuart
7.12Broach
8.01Accredited
8.02Agent
8.03Slavish
8.04Fidelity
8.05Scrutinize
8.06Prattle
8.07Caste
8.09Holocaust
8.1  Ostentation
8.11 Hero
8.12Insinuate
8.11Ardour (ardor)
8.12Ardent
8.13Noisome
8.14Historical Figure,
Robspierrre
8.15Historical Figure,
Danton
8.16Historical Figure,
Marat
9.01Ruddy
9.02Piquant
9.03Ingenuity
9.04Dastard(ly)
10.01Covent Garden
10.02Smart (fashionable)
10.03Rotund
10.04Wistful
10.05Enthrall
10.06Feign
10.07Exigency
10.08Urbane
10.09Minion
10.1  Pluck (nerve/courage)
11.11 Console table
11.02Irreproachable
11.03Amenity
11.04Court suit
11.05“Incroyable” style
11.06Monseigneur
11.07Lieutenant
11.08Historical Figure,
Grenville
12.01Rend
12.02Fete
12.03Doggerel
12.04Bon-mot
12.05Haggard
12.06Gay/gaily
12.07Boudoir
12.08Cavalier
12.09Skirt (verb)
12.1  Talisman
12.11Peruse
12.12Imminent
12.13Lurid
12.14Sheraton table
12.15Dexterous
12.16Nonchalance
13.01Obliterate
13.02Histrionic
13.03Billet doux
14.01Wag
14.02Scion
14.03Cuisine
14.04Inkling
14.05Epoch-making
14.06Indefatigable

14.07Tête-à-tête
14.08Divine (verb)
14.09Extricate
14.1  Emissary
14.11Le Chat Gris
14.12Audacity
14.13Woebegone
14.14Soubriquet
14.15Enigma
15.01Perforce
15.02Listless
15.03Boudoir
15.04Conjure
15.05Succumb
15.06Conservatory
15.07Portico
16.01Anon
16.02Superficial
16.03Vulgar
16.04Tudor
16.05Bower
16.06Elizabethan
16.07Alight
16.08Jabot
16.09Ceremonious/Ceremonial
16.1  Foible
16.11Dormant
16.12Thrash
16.13Somnolent
16.14Punctilious
16.15Balustrade
18.01Device
18.02Frugal
18.03Conjecture
18.04Sanctum
18.05Historical figure,
Blue Beard (not the pirate)
18.06Historical figure, Boucher
19.01Sycamore (also at LFC)
19.02Margot
21.01Indefatigable
21.02number-odd
21.03Sedulous
22.01Abate
22.02Melancholy
22.03Impedimenta
22.04Geography --
White Cliffs of Dover
22.05Squalid
22.06Le Chat Gris
22.07Liberte - Egalite - Fraternite
22.08Sordid
22.09Abode
22.1  Cockade
22.11Tricolor
22.12Deference
22.13Incontinently
22.14Supercilious
22.15Scrag
22.16Catechise
23.01Sublime
23.02Perposterous
23.03Impasse
23.04Dissuade/Persuade

This list is current as of
26 March 2008.  I spent my
birthday sick at home.
Oh, joy!
These vocabulary terms are ordered by
Chapter (dot) Appearance in the text.
Well; yes, "Blakeney Manor is acceptable to those who are not familiar with the canon, but we, of course, know what the family'sreal name is; don't we?  And its French equivalent?  Hmmm?
Because every civilized person speaks fluent French.
Extra credit city:
I, at least once heard
the phrase "for the nonce," meaning at that time, "for
the now."  When I googled
"nonce," come of the con-
notations made the word
unusable.  But I did find
the term "hapax legomenon"
which is a lovely concept.
In addition to using the term "hapax legomenon" in a workable sentence,what else can you dig up that
would be socially acceptable
in our classroom?