A Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary

Despoil

steal goods; take as spoils

Inexorable

(unstoppable) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

Incredulity

doubt about the truth of something

Emaciated

extremely thin because of starvation

Requisition

The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily for military or public use)

Retinue

The group following and attending to some important person

Pilfer

Make off with belongings of others

Capitulate

Surrender under agreed conditions

Pecuniary

Relating to or involving money

Haggard

Appearing exhausted and unwell, usually from suffering or worry

Stolid

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

Epoch

A period of time defined by some major event

Evince

Give expression to

Inscrutable

Impossible to figure out or understand, obscure and confusing

Potentate

A ruler who is unconstrained by law

Compatriot

A person from your own country

Superlative

The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

Placid

(Of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves, calm

Evanescence

The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

Sonorous

Full and loud and deep

Repast

A meal

Immolate

To sacrifice by setting on fire

Teeming

Be full or swarming with something (needs a direct object)

Congenial

Friendly, sharing interests

Florid

Red in the face

Stipulation

A condition that goes along with an agreement

Compunetion

The guilty feeling after doing something bad

Albeit

Even though, admittedly

Repose

A state of rest, peace

Languishing

Growing weak, feeble

Blight

A plant disease, also used to describe a general state of being diseased

Trenchant

Having a sharp edge (modern meaning: caustic, sharp in tone or expression)

Vociferate

To shout loudly

Aprocryphal

Doubtful, but widely considered to be true, of an accepted untruth

Gossamer

Light, thin, delicate, fine or filmy

Profligate

Adj- recklessly wasteful or extravagant

Noun- immoral, reckless person

Obsequious

Overly, ridiculously obedient and servile

Feint

Noun- a deceptive move, especially in a fight

Verb- to make a deceptive move, esp in a fight

Calamity

Destructive event, usually sudden and disastrous

Prevaricate

To sidestep the truth, to evade or talk around the question

Supercilious

Describes behavior that indicates a feeling of superiority, arrogant, haughty

countenance

A person face or expression (also can be used to mean "support")

Noisome

Unpleasant, especially in smell

Sagacity

Smarts, intelligence

Ebb

To slow down or recede like the tide