ATOTC Period 3 Vocabulary Words

Tumult

(noun) a state of confusion or disorder

Tumbril(s)

(noun) an open cart, typically used to transport people sentenced to the guillotine

Soliloquy

(noun) An act of speaking one’s thoughts to oneself out loud regardless of if anyone can hear it; normally performed by characters in a play

Affably

(adverb) In a friendly manner, making someone easy to approach

Remonstrance

(noun) A protest or plead in objection of something

Ubiquitous

(adjective) To be omnipresent and found everywhere

Tannery

(noun) A place where animal skins and hides are processed to create leather

Mincing

(verb) Moving or behaving in a very affectedly delicate and dainty way

Florid

(adjective) Having a red or flushed complexion

Flambeau

(noun) Flaming torch usually with several branches

Pilferer

(noun) A person who steals things of little value in small quantities

Magnanimous

(adjective) generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or a less powerful person

Blunderbuss

(noun) A short barreled large bored gun with a flared muzzle used at short range

Lethargy

(noun) Extreme drowsiness and a lack of energy; the state of being unresponsive

Triumvirale

(noun) A group of three people working together, especially when they are in power

Mire

(noun) A stretch of boggy or swampy ground

Capitulated

(verb) to cease to resist and opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

Porringer

(noun) A small bowl with a silver handle to drink things like soup, wine, and stew

Evanescence

(noun) the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly

Piscatory

(adjective) of or concerning fishermen or fishing

Sanguine

(adjective) confidently optimistic and cheerful about a situation