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The vocabulary word list for Da Vinci Code is arranged in order of appearance:
Note: French is translated in each chapter without appropriate accent marks!
Prologue: p. 3-6
renowned, protocol, brethren, opulent
Chapters 1-9: pp. 7-49
accentuate, dubious, brunt, Spartan, edifice, affinity, iconography, reverberate, subterranean, foyer, intermittent, gist, flagellation, gravitate, ephemeral, cruciform, pallid, forensic, arcane, draconian, flamboyant, alchemic, sangfroid, reprimand
Chapters: 10-20 pp. 54-98
stalwart, sentinels, purgatory, stupor, dilapidated, delirious, turbulence, pittance, juxtaposition, conjur, lucrative, celibacy, relinquishment, efficiency, pagan, cryptographer, eccentric, unorthodoxy, demeanor, reminiscent, heretical, concentric
Chapters: 21-36 pp. 99-156
aficionado, recoiled, transversely, genuflect, gutteral, exhilaration, androgynous, alabaster, prostrate, qui est la? (who is there?), scrutinize, deface, incongruous, au secours (help), arretez! Ou je la detruis. Mon dieu, non! (Stop! Or I will destroy it. My gosh, god, no), echelon, mollify, matrix, cruciform, connaissez-vous la Rue Haxo? (Do you know Haxo Rd.?)
Chapters 37-48: pp. 157-207
nocturnal, prelate, quash, blasphemous, ingenuously, premise, doucement! (slowly), Spartan, tu es un desastre, Un spectre (You are a disaster. A ghost), inherent, alacrity, podium, d¹accord (agreed), lavish, qu¹est-ce qui se passé? Qu¹est-ce qu¹il y a la dedans? (What¹s happening? What¹s inside?), profundity, trepidation, vellum, clandestine, preuves de merite (proof of merit, treasure hunt)
Chapters 49-62: pp. 208-269
corroborate, repercussion, gargoyle, andiron, eradicate, embezzle, clamoring, cabinet de travail (office), artifact, decorum, qui etes-vous?, (who are you?), defuse, progenitor, sophomoric, blatant, skulk
Chapters 63-80: pp. 270-330
prominent, relinquish, mortification, unscathed, gossamer, orb, gyrate, cipher, interred
Chapters 81-97: pp. 331-399
ebony, primordial, zealous, supine, scrutinize, audible, ferme ta gueule! (vulgar: shut your trap, shut up), decipher, unison, fortuitous, etymological, sarcophagus, reverberate, prismatic, wraith, mausoleum, cloister
Chapters 98-105: pp. 400-450
claustrophobic, rueful, insidious, imminent, incredulity, reprisal, complicity, mes amis, vous ne trouvez pas le Saint-Graal, c¹est le Saint-Graal qui vous trouve (my friends, you will not find the Saint-Grail, the Saint Grail will find you), jeopardy, insinuation, severance, prelature, cupola, resolute, beseech, excruciating, austerity, feral, innocuous, feign, plight, veneration, unfathomable, docent, suffuse
Epilogue: pp. 451+
chasm, burgeon, entresol (between floors), *cinquefoil: five-petaled decorative flowers at the top of an archway over the keystone
Thank you to Janice Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
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