The Masterpiece Glossary

by Emile Zola

The Masterpiece Glossary

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summits

he highest point of a hill

excruciatingly

extremely painful

blissful

perfect happiness

ecstasies

great happiness or joyful excitement

resentful

expressing bitterness or indignation

illusions

a hallucination of a false idea

merciless

ruthless

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