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Les Miserables (Penguin Readers) Vocabulary Game

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  • What is the noun form of 'to argue'?
    Argument
  • wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable
    miserable
  • The name for the old French currency
    Franc
  • an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter
    sewers
  • not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions
    calm
  • A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters
    convent
  • "You've promised to become an _______ man" said the Bishop to Valjean
    honest
  • to allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.
    release
  • In French, "Monsieur" means.....
    Mr / Sir
  • True or False: This story is set during the French Revolution of 1789
    False: It is set during the June Revolution of 1832
  • a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serving a sentence of imprisonment
    convict
  • a person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor.
    spy
  • a house providing a place to sleep, food, and drink, especially for travellers
    inn
  • a person who advocates or engages in political revolution (i.e. they want to totally change the government)
    revolutionary
  • a powerful member of the Christian clergy (i.e. churchmen)
    bishop
  • an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.
    barricade