Ariane

[ ar-ee-an; French a-ryan ]

/ ˌær iˈæn; French aˈryan /

noun

Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.

a female given name, French form of Ariadne.

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"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for ariane

As a mother to three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane, Máxima has passed her style down to the next generation.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Is a New Style Icon|Erin Cunningham|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ever the gentleman, however, he announced that he, together with Ariane, had read and appreciated the first two chapters.
Reading Nabokov to Nabokov|Lila Azam Zanganeh|February 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ariane was born and raised in a two-star Michelin kitchen in Gascony, a rustic corner in Southwest France.
The Queen of Foie Gras|David Lincoln Ross|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But, at first, Ariane trained for a different career, graduating from Columbia with a journalism degree.
The Queen of Foie Gras|David Lincoln Ross|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

This time she succeeded better than in Ariane, and went to the extreme of simplicity.
Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
Later on I found him the same invaluable collaborator when Ariane was put on at the Opra.
My Recollections|Jules Massenet
But to the astonishment of all Ariane bandages his wounds and the others help her.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
The actress was now indeed taking an ample revenge for the rebuff she had sustained in Ariane.
Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
Although to our way of thinking Bacchus was a distinct work, it should form a whole with Ariane.
My Recollections|Jules Massenet

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