amalgamate=combine or unite to form one organization or structureconcierge=a caretaker of an apartment complex or a small hotel, typically one living on the premises.
coppice=an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are, or formerly were, periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber. ("Jean Valjean at once entered the coppice with Cosette, and both disappeared from sight.")
cravat=neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from 17th-century Croatiadiatribe=a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
malign= (adjective) evil in nature or effect; malevolent. (verb) speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner
mastodon= a large, extinct, elephant like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, having teeth of a relatively primitive form and number (like a mammoth)
verdigris= a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates (what makes the Statue of Liberty green)
Latin
Quia Ego Nominor Leo=because I am named lion (said by Enjorlas during a discussion)
Quot Libras in Duce?=How many pounds in Leadership? (a chapter heading)
Lux facta es=The light is made (a chapter heading)
Solus cum solo, in loco remoto, non cogitabuntur orare=alone with the ground in a place removed form evil, do not devise to pray (chapter heading)
Mortuus pater filium moriturum expectat=he expects his son to die (chapter heading)
Para Bellum!=Prepare for war! (shouted by Bahorel on his way to fight. Gavroche thinks he is saying 'belle homme' or 'beautiful man')
Carpe ho ras= ????? (if anyone knows, please comment!)
Christus nos libravit= Christ has leveled out (see Luke 16 for clarification) (chapter heading)
Quid divinum= what divine (what as a noun, not a verb) (Marius struggling with Jean Valjean's revelation)
Vade retro= go behind (ibid)
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