Down and Out in Paris and London Glossary

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Written by Poulami Bakshi

Variegated

Colorful, Kaleidoscopic, Polychromatic (Adjective).

Inveterate

Ingrained, Deep-seated, Entrenched (Adjective).

Ravenous

Starving, Famished, Extremely hungry (Adjective).

Chauffeur

A driver (Noun).

Bistro

A quick-service restaurant (Noun).

Debauchery

Dissipation, Degeneracy, Turpitude (Noun).

Fastidious

Scrupulous, Meticulous, Painstaking (Adjective).

Exigeant

French for ‘Demanding’ (Adjective).

Languid

Relaxed, Unhurried (Adjective).

Revulsion

Disgust, Abhorrence, Repugnance (Noun).

Ostensibly

Apparently, Seemingly, Outwardly (Adverb).

Precariousness

Instability, Shakiness (Noun).

Snivelling

Moaning, Muttering, Grumbling (Adjective).

Annihilate

Obliterate, Exterminate, Eliminate (Noun).

Squander

Waste, Misuse, Misspend (Verb).

Restaurateur

A restaurant owner (Noun).

Ingratiatingly

Unctuously, Sycophantically (Adverb).

Intolerable

Unbearable, Unendurable, Insufferable (Adjective).

Obstinacy

Stubbornness, Inflexibility, Rigidity (Noun).

Prix fixe

‘Fixed Price’ in French. A Prix Fixe restaurant is where you can have an assortment of foods at a fixed price (Noun).

Traipse

Trudge, Trek, Slouch (Verb).

Trumpery

Showy, Gaudy, Vulgar (Adjective).

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