French vocabulary list of the day

A fun list I found on FluentU titled, “Next-level Vocab: 24 Advanced French Words for Your Climb to Fluency”. Regardless, of what level you’re on, you can learn these to increase your vocabulary and perhaps seem more fluent than you are 😉

dérogerTo depart from, to contravene the status quo

affubler – to get up in, to deck oneself out in

émoustiller–  To excite, to render playful.

écoperTo bail out water

colimaçonEscargot or snail.

abnégationSelf-denial, self-sacrifice.

rocambolesqueFantastic, extraordinary, unbelievable. 

abracadabrantesqueLudicrous, incredible (as in lacking credibility)

abracadabrantBizarre, weird, befuddling.

boursouflé –   Swollen, puffed up.

exécrableDetestable, appalling, heinous.

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