Tale of Two Cities Vocab

Obsequiousness

Submissiveness

Ardor

Great enthusiasm

Chary

Cautious

Diffidence

Lack of confidence

Loadstone

Magnet

Orthodoxy

Accepted belief

Tribunal

Court of law

Capricious

Unpredictable

Despondency

Depression, lost of hope

Dubiously

Doubtfully

Imploringly

In a begging manner

Lowering

Frowning

Resolute

Determined

Throng

Crowd

__**unprecedented**__

without previous example

vermin

unpleasant small animals like rats and insects

affect

to pretend

augment

to add to

entreaty

appeal, request

epicure

person with refined tastes

exact

to demand, to require

furtive

secret, cunning

lethargy

drowsiness

acuity

Acuteness of vision or perception, keenness.

advocacy

the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal

antipathy

a dislike, distaste, or enmity

__**approbation**__

official approval, praise, commendation

ardent

expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous

ascent

to move upward, rise from a lower station

magnanimous

noble

countenance

face, appearance

doleful

sad, gloomy (short-term sadness)

flounder

to struggle to move

prevalent

common

sagacity

wisdom

sublime

elevated, wonderful

tedious

boring, dull

tremulous

trembling

aphorism

saying with a moral

diabolic

devilishly evil

florid

reddish, flushed

glib

smooth but insincere

incorrigible

uncorrectable

languidly

wearily

morose

gloomy (long-term sadness)

atheist

one who does not believe in God

auspicious

favorable

aversion

strong disinclination, disliking

beguile

to deceive, to mislead, trick with charm

benign

not causing harm, of gentle disposition

blasphemous

irreverent, profane, saying something against god

capitulate

to surrender

compatriot

a fellow countryman

complacency

the state of being self-satisfied

demented

insane

deference

courteous show of respect

deprecate

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

desolate

deserted, without inhabitants, barren

discern

to differentiate between two or more things

pernicious

deadly, destructive

assertion

bold claim

assailant

person who attacks

vestige

trace, mark or sign of something that once existed but has disappeared

incidental

casual, secondary or minor, but usually associated with something more important

zealous

enthusiastic, devoted to a purpose

suppressed

being kept back, restrained

ambiguous

Having a double meaning

assimilate

To adapt

beseech

To implore, to request something strongly

clarify

To render intelligible

clandestine

secret, surreptitious

coddle

to treat as a baby or an invalid