1. a person who achieves great success when relatively young.

1. a strong, cold northwesterly wind that blows through the Rhône valley and southern France into the Mediterranean, mainly in winter.

1. a fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.
2. a form of insurance or investment entitling the investor to a series of annual sums.

1. incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate.

1. an incongruous mixture.

1. a condition attached to an agreement.

1. able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.
2. cheerful and optimistic.

1. a building, especially a large, imposing one.
2. a complex system of beliefs.

1. causing terror or horror.

1. an aristocrat or nobleman.

1. energy, style, and enthusiasm.

1. a feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.

1. push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.

1. a bulbous narrow-necked bottle holding from 3 to 10 gallons of liquid, typically enclosed in a wicker cover.

1. a widely cultivated narcissus with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers and cylindrical leaves, native to southern Europe and northeastern Africa.

• Personification: The fresh blossoms cannot literally exhale, or drown; they are given human characteristics to paint a picture in the reader’s head. 

• Does Druot and Madame Arnulfi know about Grenouille’s special talent, or is he keeping that hidden to himself? Why? What does he plan to do, and why is he waiting by “paying his dues”?

• This quote stood out to me because the book addresses the conspiracy that we are all being brainwashed with scents and we do not even know true scents because we were always given specific scents and were told what things were supposed to smell like. For example, we don’t quite know what an actual human is supposed to smell like because we mask ourselves with different scents that are not true to ourselves. And Grenouille knows the truth, and he thinks that certain scents won’t satisfy himself because he knows the truth, but it will be good enough for ordinary humans because we do not know better.

• Why does the author use the word “impregnate” when talking about scents and the process of making scents? How does that add to the image the author portrays?

1. a bulbous narrow-necked bottle holding from 3 to 10 gallons of liquid, typically enclosed in a wicker cover.

1. drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit) from a person or place.

1. "an attempt to exorcise an unquiet spirit"
   • rid (a person or place) of an evil spirit.

1. • "infants were exorcised prior to baptism"
   • synonyms: | drive out, cast out, expel More

1. a widely cultivated narcissus with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers and cylindrical leaves, native to southern Europe and northeastern Africa

1. an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus.
2. a type of soft pliable leather now made from sheepskin or lambskin.

1. The beginning and the end (used by Christians as a title for Jesus).
   1. The essence or most important features.

1. (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily.
2. with object (of a person) display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly.
   1. (of a place) have a strong atmosphere of.

1. historical A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.
   1. A kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report.

• be hoist with (or by) one's own petard

1. A slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines round any suitable support.
   1. Something resembling a plant tendril, especially a slender curl or ringlet of hair.

1. Meaningless talk or activity, typically designed to trick someone or conceal the truth of a situation.
   1. A form of words used by a person performing conjuring tricks.
   2. US Deception; trickery.

1. A person who sells or deals in particular goods.
   1. A person or group who spreads or promotes an idea, view, etc.
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1. Obsession with the exercise of power.
   1. Delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).Example sentences

Descartes himself was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. The French origin of the period adds a cultural nuance to the book.