A tale of two cities flash cards

Acuity

sharpness of perception

Advocacy

support of an idea or cause

Affable

friendly, courteous, amiable

Antipathy

a dislike, distaste

Apocryphal

of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine

Approbation

official approval, praise, commendation

Ardent

expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous

Ardor

warmth or heat of emotion, extreme force, vigor, or energy

Ascend

to move upward, arise from a lower station

Atheist

one who does not believe in God

Auspicious

favorable

Aversion

strong disinclination, disliking

Beguile

To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

Benign

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

Blasphemous

irrelevant, profane

Blunderbuss

a clumsy and careless person; an obsolete firearm with a

Capitulate

to surrender

Compatriot

of fellow Countryman

Complacency

the state of being self-satisfied

Conflagration

a large fire

Consecrate

to dedicate or to declare sacred

Corroboration

confirmation

Debauchery

moral corruption

Deference

courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another

Demented

insane

Demur

to hesitate, to delay, to object

Deprecate

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

Desolate

deserted, without inhabitants, barren

Despoil

to take possessions by force, to plunder

Despondency

depression, dejection

Diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

Discern

to differentiate between two or more things

Disconcerting

causing one to feel unsettled

Disdain

intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

Disparage

to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

Dissociate

separate

Dissolution

disintegration, decomposition and dispersion

Docile

easily managed, obedient, passive

Edifice

a very large building

Elicit

to bring out a response, to evoke

Emaciated

very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away

Embellish

to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

Emulate

to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)

Engender

to cause, to produce, to create

Engrossed

completely occupied or absorbed